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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.



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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

There Are Little Kingdoms

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      Publisher: Canongate Books
      Publication Date: 06/04/2017
      ISBN13: 9781786890177, 978-1786890177
      ISBN10: 1786890178
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade 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

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