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There Are Little Kingdoms

This award-winning story collection summons all the laughter darkness and intensity of contemporary Irish life A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town Lonesome hillwalkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity - and a stiff drink These stories filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity form a remarkably surefooted collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners
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This award-winning story collection summons all the laughter darkness & intensity of contemporary Irish life A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town Lonesome hillwalkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity
- & a stiff drink These stories filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity form a remarkably surefooted collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners

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