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Small Things Like These

Keegan, Claire

$24.99

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** A Book of the Year in The Times – The New Statesman – Observer – Financial Times – Irish Times – Irish Independent – Times Literary Supplement **

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

‘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.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 05/10/2022

Staff review

Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan
Review by Claude

Beautiful, magical and simple. If you’re looking for a fable with depth and conscience this short read will fill you with sadness and hope. When Hilary Mantel writes that this book ‘wastes not a word’, she means it. The level of thought and care carve characters that the reader instantly cares about. This book is already a modern classic, read it now!

ISBN: 9780571368709 Category: Tag