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A savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West, from the Booker-longlisted author of Night Boat to Tangier

At sixty, Kevin Barry embarks on a transformative 67-day road trip across America, seeking adventure and connection after years of family and career commitments. Traveling 11,007 miles with his Subaru and a whimsical GPS, he explores stunning landscapes and meets intriguing people. The journey is filled with nostalgic reunions, unexpected challenges, and moments of beauty, such as spotting a bald eagle in Montana. Throughout, Barry revels in the freedom of the open road and reflects on the complexities of his beloved country.

ONE OF BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • LIBRARY JOURNAL A collection of short stories of rural Ireland in the classic Irish mode: full of love (and sex), melancholy and magic, bedecked in some of the most gorgeous prose being written today—from the author of the wildly acclaimed Night Boat to Tangier. With three novels and two short story collections published, Kevin Barry has steadily established his stature as one of the finest writers not just in Ireland but in the English language. All of his prodigious gifts of language, character, and setting in these eleven exquisite stories transport the reader to an Ireland both timeless and recognizably modern. Shot through with dark humor and the uncanny power of the primal and unchanging Irish landscape, the stories in That Old Country Music represent some of the finest fiction being written today.

In this third collection, That Old Country Music, we encounter a ragbag of West of Ireland characters, many on the cusp between love and catastrophe, heartbreak and epiphany, resignation and hope. These stories show an Ireland in a condition of great flux but also as a place where older rhythms, and an older magic, somehow persist.

In this sequel to 'To Keep A Bird Singing', Kevin Doyle delves further into the murky world of the powerful Donnelly family and their association with the Catholic church and the security forces. Edgy, dark and sharp, this cracking political thriller is restless, brilliantly plotted and topical.

In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen-- Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs-- sit at night, none too patiently. It is October 23, 2018, and they are expecting Maurice's estranged daughter, Dilly, to either arrive on a boat coming from Tangier or depart on one heading there. Their conversations cause them to excavate their shared history of violence, romance, mutual betrayals and serial exiles. -- adapted from jacket

This book is a collaborative enterprise, British, French and Irish, representing the countries where Peter Rice passed most of his life and the cultures that formed him.

WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS"John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip."A novel of family, ghosts, love, music and the quest for truth, Beatlebone recounts a wild journey through the west of Ireland in 1978. At its helm is John, a maddened genius fleeing fame and seeking peace. With his deadpan Irish driver, Cornelius, at his side, John is hellbent on reaching the Island of Dorinish, an assignment he arranged ten years before. Lyrical, freewheeling, quixotic and fun, Beatlebone is a sad and beautiful comedy.

This firsthand account provides an insider's perspective from a CDC employee, exploring the controversial link between vaccines and autism. The narrative delves into the complexities of public health policy, the challenges of scientific research, and the emotional toll on families affected by autism. It aims to shed light on the debates surrounding vaccine safety and the implications for public health, offering a unique blend of personal experience and professional insight into a highly polarizing issue.

Edited by award winning novelist and short story writer, this volume seeks to offer fresh renditions to the Irish story - angles, approaches, and modes of attack.