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Kevin Barry's story collection, There Are Little Kingdoms, won the Rooney Prize in 2007. His short fiction has appeared widely on both sides of the Atlantic, most recently in The New Yorker. City of Bohane is his first novel.

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The most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years * Irvine Welsh *
Hilarious and unpredictable - and always brilliant * Roddy Doyle *
Astonishing.This marks him out as a writer of great promise * Guardian *
Beautiful, arresting, precise...a compelling creation * Irish Times *
An electrifying masterpiece * Joseph O'Connor *

City of Bohane

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 5 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780099549154
      978-0099549154
      ISBN-10 0099549158
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kevin Barry's story collection, There Are Little Kingdoms, won the Rooney Prize in 2007. His short fiction has appeared widely on both sides of the Atlantic, most recently in The New Yorker. City of Bohane is his first novel.

      Trade Review
      The most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years * Irvine Welsh *
      Hilarious and unpredictable - and always brilliant * Roddy Doyle *
      Astonishing.This marks him out as a writer of great promise * Guardian *
      Beautiful, arresting, precise...a compelling creation * Irish Times *
      An electrifying masterpiece * Joseph O'Connor *

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