A deeply moving collection of stories from the bestselling author of Star of the Sea
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include Cowboys and
Indians, Inishowen, Star of the Sea (American Library Association
Award, Irish Post Award for Fiction, France's Prix Millepages,
Italy's Premio Acerbi, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European novel of
the year), Redemption Falls, Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book
Novel 2011) and Shadowplay (Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year,
Costa Novel of the Year shortlist). His fiction has been translated
into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for
Outstanding Contribution to Literature and in 2014 he was appointed
Frank McCourt Professor of Creative Writing at the University of
Limerick.
www.josephoconnorauthor.com
A masterclass display of versatility...mood and style in these
richly concise, crisply written pieces are confidently varied,
too...adding vitality to the virtuosity is a terrific ear for
idiomatic speech
*Sunday Times Books of the Year*
O’Connor’s first collection of short stories for 20 years reasserts
a mastery of the form... An exhilarating array of sharp dialogue
and biting one-liners... A fine compassionate collection
*Irish Independent*
Full of lovely, delicate perceptive stuff. Joseph O'Connor is in
the tradition of masterly Irish writers of short fiction
*The Scotsman*
Joseph O'Connor's first short story collection in more than 20
years is worth the wait
*Independent*
Playful but also at times sorrowful; it allows in great quantities
of life, offering the dramas at times a dark edge but also the full
glory of our earthly confusion.
*Irish Times*
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