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That Old Country Music
Kevin Barry
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Description for That Old Country Music
Hardcover.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE
'One of the best collections you'll read this year' Sunday Times
'Wild, witty stories . . . Exhilarating' Observer
Since his landmark debut collection, There Are Little Kingdoms, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782116219
SKU
9781782116219
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Ref
99-31
About Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the author of three novels and two other short story collections. His awards include the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award and the Lannan Foundation Literary Award. His stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta and elsewhere. He also works as a playwright and screenwriter, and ... Read more
Reviews for That Old Country Music
The master short story teller turns messy emotions into riveting tales of wounded Irish folk . . . One of the best collections you'll read this year
Sunday Times
Wild, witty stories . . . The west of Ireland teems with canny characters and vivid language . . . Darkly glimmering . . . ... Read more
Sunday Times
Wild, witty stories . . . The west of Ireland teems with canny characters and vivid language . . . Darkly glimmering . . . ... Read more