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There are little kingdoms /

By: Barry, Kevin, 1969- [author.].
Series: Canons (Canongate Books Ltd.): Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd, 2017Description: 154 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781786890177; 9781786890177:.Subject(s): Short stories | English literature -- Irish authorsDDC classification: 808.831
Contents:
Atlantic City -- To the Hills -- See the Tree, How Big it's Grown -- Animal Needs -- Last Days of the Buffalo -- Ideal Homes -- The Wintersongs -- Party at Helen's -- Breakfast Wine -- Burn the Bad Lamp -- There are Little Kingdoms -- Nights at the Gin Palace -- The Penguins
Summary: This 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.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 808.831 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0083282
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First published by The Stinging Fly Press, 2007.

Atlantic City -- To the Hills -- See the Tree, How Big it's Grown -- Animal Needs -- Last Days of the Buffalo -- Ideal Homes -- The Wintersongs -- Party at Helen's -- Breakfast Wine -- Burn the Bad Lamp -- There are Little Kingdoms -- Nights at the Gin Palace -- The Penguins

This 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.

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