Description

This award-winning story collection summons all the laughter, darkness and intensity of contemporary Irish life. A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town. Lonesome hillwalkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity – and a stiff drink.

These stories, filled with a grand sense of life’s absurdity, form a remarkably surefooted collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners.

Publisher Review

Could easily have been titled These Are Little Masterpieces * * Irish Times * * The most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years -- Irvine Welsh Kevin Barry is among the brightest and most delightful new voices in Irish fiction -- Rick Moody