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Collected Stories

byBernard MacLaverty

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‘Characters all but leap off the page with believability in these marvellous stories of life (and death) in Belfast’ Sunday Times

Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life’s big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too – private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories – with their wry, self-deprecating humour, their elegance and subtle wisdom – gets to the very heart of life.

Not since J.D. Salinger's For Esme With Love and Squalor have I enjoyed so much a collection of stories. I mean pleasure – real pleasure.

Paul Durcan, The Cork Examiner

About Bernard MacLaverty

Bernard MacLaverty lives in Glasgow. He has written five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Novel of the Year. He has written versions of his fiction for other media - radio and television plays, screenplays and libretti.
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  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • ISBN: 9780099561583
  • Length: 640 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 31mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 463g
  • Price: £14.99
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