{"product_id":"dark-lies-the-island-book-kevin-barry-9781555976514","title":"Dark Lies the Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning collection from the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e, which was hailed by Pete Hamill as \"full of marvels\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e Short-listed for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award * Winner of the Sunday Times Short Story Award * One of last year's most critically acclaimed books in the UK * A\u003c\/i\u003e Guernica \u003ci\u003eBest Book of the Year * A\u003c\/i\u003e Library Journal \u003ci\u003e\"Best Indie Fiction of 2013\"\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a wickedly funny and hugely original collection of stories about misspent love and crimes gone horribly wrong. In the Sunday Times Short Story Award-winning \"Beer Trip to Llandudno,\" a pack of middle-aged ale fanatics seeking the perfect pint find more than they bargained for. A pair of sinister old ladies prowl the countryside for a child to make their own. And a poet looking for inner calm buys an ancient inn on the west coast of Ireland but finds instead rancorous locals and catastrophic floodwaters.\u003cbr\u003e Kevin Barry's dazzling language, razor-sharp ear for the vernacular, and keen eye for the tragedies and comedies of daily life invest these tales with a startling vitality. \u003ci\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and as one of the most acclaimed collections in Europe in many years, it heralds the arrival of a new master of the short story.\u003c\/p\u003e ry's dazzling language, razor-sharp ear for the vernacular, and keen eye for the tragedies and comedies of daily life invest these tales with a startling vitality. \u003ci\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and as one of the most acclaimed collections in Europe in many years, it heralds the arrival of a new master of the short story.ry's dazzling language, razor-sharp ear for the vernacular, and keen eye for the tragedies and comedies of daily life invest these tales with a startling vitality. \u003ci\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and as one of the most acclaimed collections in Europe in many years, it heralds the arrival of a new master of the short story.ry's dazzling language, razor-sharp ear for the vernacular, and keen eye for the tragedies and comedies of daily life invest these tales with a startling vitality. \u003ci\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and as one of the most acclaimed collections in Europe in many years, it heralds the arrival of a new master of the short story.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50306039218449,"sku":"CIN1555976514VG","price":7.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52723294535953,"sku":"GOR014598198","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53461619933457,"sku":"CIN1555976514G","price":6.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1555976514.jpg?v=1751244734","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/dark-lies-the-island-book-kevin-barry-9781555976514","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}