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About this book
The stunning debut story collection from the author of
Foster and the Booker Prize shortlisted
Small Things Like These
'A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.' Sebastian Barry
'Simply put, Claire Keegan is one of the greatest fiction writers in the world.' George Saunders
'Among the finest contemporary stories written recently in English.'
Observer
A secret one-night tryst in the city. A sister's revenge. A love-struck doctor. A missing girl. In
Antarctica, an astonishing sequence of stories, one of our most gifted writers illuminates human longing and fallibility in all its variety.
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With her keen eye and lucid prose, Keegan beguiles, jolts and haunts us beyond the pages.'
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Table of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Antarctica
- Love in the Tall Grass
- Where the Water’s Deepest
- The Ginger Rogers Sermon
- Storms
- The Singing Cashier
- Burns
- Quare Name for a Boy
- Ride If You Dare
- Men and Women
- Sisters
- A Scent of Winter
- You Can’t Be Too Careful
- The Burning Palms
- Passport Soup
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright