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Fast girls cool their heels on a slow night in a small town; a bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity; lonesome hillwalkers take to the high reaches in hope of a saving embrace.
These are just three of the scenarios played out in Kevin Barry’s wonderfully imagined and riotously entertaining short stories.
Throw in a lust-deranged poultry farmer, a gigantic taxi driver stricken with chilling visions, a jaded air hostess and a stressed out genie, and you have a stunning, provocative and richly comic collection from a writer of unique gifts.
‘Kevin Barry has produced a collection of vibrant, original, and intelligent short stories, and a number of tales contained in There Are Little Kingdoms deserve to be read and reread, and to outlast the strange years that made them’ The Irish Times
‘The most exciting Irish short story writer of his generation, one whose best work rivals William Trevor and John McGahern’ The Sunday Times
