Piranha to Scurfy

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name = Piranha to Scurfy
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author = Ruth Rendell
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Crime/Mystery short stories
publisher = Hutchinson
release_date = 7 September 2000
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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preceded_by = Harm Done
followed_by = Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Piranha to Scurfy is a short story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 2000. The collection takes its unusual name from the first story featured, which itself is named after a volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contents

The volume contains 9 short stories and 2 longer novellas:
# "Piranha to Scurfy" (novella)
# "Computer Seance"
# "Fair Exchange"
# "The Wink"
# "Catamount"
# "Walter's Leg"
# "The Professional"
# "The Beach Butler"
# "The Astronomical Scarf"
# "High Mysterious Union" (novella)
# "Myth" (NB: not included in the US edition)