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From the author of City of Bohane, a debut collection that "could easily have been titled These Are Little Masterpieces''" (The Irish Times)

This award-winning story collection by Kevin Barry 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 hill walkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identityand a stiff drink. These stories, filled with a grand sense of life''s absurdity, form a remarkably sure-footed collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners. The winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a 2007 book of the year in The Irish Times, the Sunday Tribune, and Metro, There Are Little Kingdoms marks the stunning entrance of a writer who burst onto the literary scene fully formed.

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      Publisher: Graywolf Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/09/2013
      ISBN13: 9781555976521, 978-1555976521
      ISBN10: 1555976522
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From the author of City of Bohane, a debut collection that "could easily have been titled These Are Little Masterpieces''" (The Irish Times)

      This award-winning story collection by Kevin Barry 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 hill walkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identityand a stiff drink. These stories, filled with a grand sense of life''s absurdity, form a remarkably sure-footed collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners. The winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a 2007 book of the year in The Irish Times, the Sunday Tribune, and Metro, There Are Little Kingdoms marks the stunning entrance of a writer who burst onto the literary scene fully formed.

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