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A mesmerisingly powerful book SALLY ROONEY

Illuminating the lives of outcasts, misfits and malcontents, this is the darkly funny and moving second book from the award-winning author of Young Skins.

A quiet night in the neighbourhood pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive. A funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts won''t settle. A shooting sees an everyday call-out lead a policewoman to confront the banality of her own existence.
In his new collection of stories, Colin Barrett takes us to the barren backwaters of County Mayo, via Canada – always with an eye for the abrupt and absurd.

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Superb... There is so much life in these pages DOUGLAS STUART

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Fierce, tender...unforgettable BRANDON TAYLOR

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Addictive, stylish and violently funny... Outstanding KEVIN BARRY