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Since his landmark debut collection, There Are Little Kingdoms in 2007, and its award-winning sequel in 2012, Dark Lies the Island, Kevin Barry has been acclaimed as one of the world's most accomplished and gifted short-story writers. Barry's lyric intensity, the vitality of his comedy, and the darkness of his vision recall the work of masters of the genre like Flannery O'Connor and William Trevor, but he has forged a style which is patently his own. In this rapturous third collection, we encounter a ragbag of West of Ireland characters, many on the cusp between love and catastrophe, heartbreak and epiphany, resignation and hope. These stories show an Ireland in a condition of great flux but also as a place where older rhythms, and an older magic, somehow persist.

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PublisherCanongate Books LTD

ISBN-139781782116219

eBay Product ID (ePID)23046728063

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Publication Year2020

TopicShort Stories, Books

Book TitleThat Old Country Music

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

AuthorKevin Barry

FormatHardcover

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Item Height220 mm

Item Weight313 g

Item Width144 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorKevin Barry

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by jd58.0152
29 Oct, 2024
A fabulous read- delivered on time.
Book arrived speedily. Already read this collection of short stories and knew that I wanted my own copy, very happy to receive it. I wasn't expecting a hardback, so this was a bonus.
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by kacoo_116
11 Feb, 2021
Really enjoyed the authors style of writing.
Excellent book - great read.
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