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A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan’s multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These.
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS
A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Exquisite.’ Damon Galgut
‘Masterly.’ The Times
‘Miraculous.’ Herald
‘Astonishing.’ Colm Toibin
‘Stunning.’ Sunday Independent
‘Absolutely beautiful.’ Douglas Stuart
It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him – and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.
Claire Keegan’s book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022