The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction

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This dazzling anthology, edited and introduced by Dermot Bolger, is a splendidly comprehensive and up-to-the-minute collection of the finest recent fiction from a nation of master storytellers. This collection of astonishing breadth reveals a literature of genuine global stature, as ancient as the Irish Sea. Contributors and stories include: John Banville, from Mefisto, Leland Bardwell, "The Hairdresser", Sebastian Barry, from The Engine of Owl-Light, Mary Beckett, "Heaven", Samuel Beckett, "For to End Yet Again", Sara Berkeley, "The Sky's Gone Out", Dermot Bolger, "The Journey Home", Claire Boylan, "Villa Marta", Shane Connaughton, "Ojus", Mary Dorcey, "The Husband", Roddy Doyle, from The Snapper, Anne Enright, "Men and Angels", Hugo Hamilton, from Surrogate City, Dermot Healy, "The Death of Matti Bonner", Aidan Higgins, from Balcony of Europe, Desmond Hogan, from A Curious Street, Jennifer Johnston, from The Christmas Tree, Neil Jordan, "Last Rights", Molly Kean, Patrick McCabe, from The Butcher Boy, Brian Moore, "The Sight", Edna O'Brien, "What a Sky", William Trevor, "The Ballroom of Romance", Val Mulkerns, "Memory and Desire", Robert McLiam Wilson, from Ripley Bogle, and many more.