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Genre/Form: | Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery fiction Short stories |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kevin Barry |
ISBN: | 9781555976514 1555976514 0224090585 9780224090582 |
OCLC Number: | 827256709 |
Awards: | Winner of The Edgehill Prize 2013 (UK) |
Description: | 185 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Across the rooftops -- Wifey redux -- Fjord of Killary -- A cruelty -- Beer trip to Llandudno -- Ernestine and Kit -- The mainland campaign -- Wistful England -- Doctor Sot -- The girls and the dogs -- Wite hitachi -- Dark lies the island -- Berlin Arkonaplatz, my lesbian summer. |
Other Titles: | Short stories. |
Responsibility: | Kevin Barry. |
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"Stealthy and shimmering" * Boston Globe * "He writes short stories that will satisfy any reader" -- Shane Hegarty * Irish Times * "This book of short stories seals Barry's rep as one of the most original voices to emerge from the Emerald Isle in some years. Full of acute observation and sly wit, this collection is the ideal companion to his equally excellent novel, City of Bohane" -- Ryan Rushton * Skinny * "These darkly comic short stories are beautifully written and the author's keen appreciation of the vernacular makes the characters leap off the page and thump you in the face" -- Ciara Geraghty * Woman's Way * "Kevin Barry's best short stories are like a spade to the face... Short-story writers are often talented phrasemakers, but only the best ensure each phase is as hardworking as it is attractive... Barry earns comparison with the great and shamefully neglected VS Pritchett, whose short stories also employed pronounced comic means for serious, compassionate ends." -- Chris Power * Guardian * Read more...


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