With My Lazy Eye

by Julia Kelly

"With My Lazy Eye" tells the story of Bunty, a myopic, muddle-headed little girl and her relationship with her distant father. As she stumbles her way through childhood and teenage years - failing exams, losing tennis matches, fighting with her father, falling in and out of love, longing for his attention - her eyesight deteriorates and her father becomes ever more elusive. A chance discovery about her father's past changes the course of her life and her attitude towards him forever. A metamorphosis begins, but it's possibly too late..."With My Lazy Eye" is a funny, poignant and highly original portrayal of one girl's coming of age.

"'Julia Kelly's is surely the freshest voice in Irish fiction since the wonderful early novels of Edna O'Brien. This is a future to watch.' - John Banville"

JULIA KELLY was born in Dublin in 1969. She studied English and Sociology at Maynooth University and then moved to London where she worked as a desk editor in various publishing houses and wrote a monthly column for Irish D'side magazine. She also contributed to the Rough Guide series for Thailand and Ireland. She now lives in Sandycove, Dublin. This is her first novel.