I Hear You by Paul Mcveigh

I Hear You by Paul Mcveigh

This collection of stories, written especially for BBC Radio 4, includes a ten-part sequence: The Circus, set around Cliftonville Circus, where five roads meet in North Belfast.

Each story is told from the point of view of a different character and they vary in age, sex and sexuality, from schoolgirls to drag queens, cleaners to abused wives and even a character peaking in English as their second languageMcVeigh differentiates his characters with ease and skill, using language, style and structure to make each voice individual, distinctive and ultimately believable.

* 746 Books *

McVeigh has an enviable ability to create an immediately recognisable character from a quick glance and drawing out the relationships of disparate characters from the common situations that has shaped them. While each individual story can seem like a sketch, there is an overarching plot as the events of the talent competition unravel some relationships and force others into the open. Linking the stories further, there is the common theme: the ability to create one’s own family out of friendship when their own families let them down. No-one will close I Hear You without the life-affirming feeling that there are possibilities in every life.

-- James Doyle * Bookmunch *

Born in Belfast, Paul’s work has been performed on stage and radio, published in print and translated into seven languages. He began his career as a playwright before moving to London where he wrote comedy shows, which were performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London’s West End. Moving into prose, his short stories have been published in anthologies & literary journals been read on BBC Radio 3, 4 & 5. ‘Hollow’ was shortlisted for Irish Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2017. Paul co-founded the London Short Story Festival, of which, he was Director and Curator for 2014 & ’15. He is associate director at Word Factory, ‘the UK’s national organisation for excellence in the short story’ The Guardian.

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ISBN 13	9781784633448
ISBN 10	1784633445
Title	I Hear You
Author	Paul Mcveigh
Series	Salt Modern Stories
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Salt Publishing
Year published	2025-03-03
Number of pages	128
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.