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A landmark event: the collected stories of ‘one of the greatest writers of our era’ (Hilary Mantel) and ‘the Irish novelist everyone should read’ (Colm Toibin).
‘Wise and compelling … Elegiac and graceful.’ David Mitchell
‘I have admired, even loved, John McGahern’s work since his first novel.’ Melvyn Bragg
‘Gentle, lyrical, an amorist of language, a natural historian of the soul.’ Irish Times
‘Exquisite stories . . . Here is a Dublin of tatty dancehalls and uneasy courtships, of kisses in damp doorways and unfulfilled hungerings . . . Writing of extraordinary beauty.’ Guardian