This is a collection of stories about Irish characters, often far from home, who are passionate, disparate and desperate. His stories are peopled with exiles, misfits, deviants of all kinds and their victims. The author, who was the recipient of the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize has written The Ikon Maker, The Leaves on Grey, A Curious Street and A New Shirt as well as a collection of short stories The Mourning Thief.