‘Characters all but leap off the page with believability in these marvellous stories of life (and death) in Belfast’ Sunday Times
Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life’s big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too – private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories – with their wry, self-deprecating humour, their elegance and subtle wisdom – gets to the very heart of life.
- ISBN10 0099561581
- ISBN13 9780099561583
- Publish Date 2 October 2014 (first published 14 November 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 November 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Vintage Classics
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 640
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780099561583