{"product_id":"malarky-a-novel-in-epipodes-9781926845388","title":"Malarky: A Novel in Epipodes","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE AMAZON.CA FIRST NOVEL AWARD, 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE DEBUT-LITZER PRIZE, 2013 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ETHEL WILSON FICTION PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e READ-ALL-ABOUT-IT SELECTION FOR 2012\u003cbr\u003eA BARNES \u0026amp; NOBLE DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS PICK, 2012\u003cbr\u003eA SALON.COM WHAT-TO-READ AWARD-WINNER, 2012\u003cbr\u003eA TOP FIVE BOOK PICK, CHATELAINE\u003cbr\u003eAN iTUNES CANADA BEST OF 2012 FICTION PICK\u003cbr\u003eAN AMAZON.CA BEST BOOK OF 2012 EDITOR'S PICK\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLARGEHEARTED BOY\u003c\/i\u003e FAVORITE NOVEL OF 2012\u003cbr\u003eA NEXT BEST BOOK BLOG TOP 3, 2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A caustic, funny and moving fantasia of an Irish mammy going round the bend.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eROOM\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur Woman will not be sunk by what life's about to serve her. She's caught her son doing unmentionable things out by the barn. She's been accosted by Red the Twit, who claims to have done things with Our Woman's husband that could frankly have gone without mentioning. And now her son's gone and joined the army, and Our Woman has found a young fella to do unmentionable things with herself, just so she might understand it all... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an Irish mother forced to look grief in the eye, and of a wife come face-to-face with the mad agony of longing. Comic, moving, eccentric, and spare, Anakana Schofield's debut novel introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFurther Praise for\u003c\/i\u003e Malarky\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eEDMONTON JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e FAVOURITE FOR 2012\u003cbr\u003eA THREE-TIME BEST-OF-THE-YEAR \u003ci\u003eGEORGIA STRAIGHT\u003c\/i\u003e SELECTION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Anakana Schofield is part of a new wave of wonderful Irish fiction--international in scope and electrically alive.\"--Colum McCann \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Malarky is a terrific read, a brilliant collision of heartbreak and hilarity written in a voice that somehow seems both feral and perfectly controlled. Anakana Schofield's Our Woman takes a cool nod at Joyce, then goes her own way in one of the most moving and lyrical debut novels I've read.\"--Jess Walter, author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like \u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar, but ultimately itself, comfortable in its own skin, wise and smart and crazy-sexy or maybe sexy-crazy--well, you just have to read it to understand. It's a novel that sets its own course, sure and steady, even when it seems like it might be about to go over the edge of the world.\"--Laura Lippman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the story of Anakana Schofield's teapot-wielding 'Our Woman': fretful mother, disgruntled farmwife, and--surprisingly late in life--sexual outlaw\/anthropologist. Everything about this primly raunchy, uproarious novel is unexpected--each draught poured from the teapot marks another moment of pure literary audacity.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Lynn Coady, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Antagonist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Anyone bold enough to name her book after a word so loaded deserves our attention. In \u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e Schofield pulls her long line tight--and lets go when we least expect it.\"--Michael Turner, author of \u003ci\u003eHard Core Logo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e spins and glitters like a coin flipped in the air--now searingly tragic, now blackly funny. The language is joyful and exuberant, the characters thoughtful and deeply felt. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.\"--Annabel Lyon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Good writing and dark wit always excite me and they come together thrillingly in this book. It has a quiet grip on the strangeness of the interior and exterior worlds of love and politics. I delighted in the writing and the scope.\"--Jenny Diski \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnakana Schofield \u003c\/b\u003eis an Irish Canadian writer of fiction, drama, essays, and criticism. She contributes to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(among others). She has lived in London, Dublin, and Vancouver; \u003ci\u003eMalarky\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnakana Schofield: Anakana Schofield is an Irish-Canadian writer of fiction, essays, and literary criticism. 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