{"product_id":"there-are-little-kingdoms-9781555976521","title":"There Are Little Kingdoms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e, a debut collection that \"could easily have been titled 'These Are Little Masterpieces'\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis award-winning story collection by Kevin Barry summons all the laughter, darkness, and intensity of contemporary Irish life. A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town. Lonesome hill walkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace. A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity--and a stiff drink. These stories, filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity, form a remarkably sure-footed collection that reads like a modern-day \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e. The winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a 2007 book of the year in \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere Are Little Kingdoms\u003c\/i\u003e marks the stunning entrance of a writer who burst onto the literary scene fully formed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e and two story collections. He has won the European Union Prize for Literature and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and was short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award. He lives in County Sligo, Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661298893074,"sku":"9781555976521","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f3e4c93-0449-4b2c-930a-9eb114bfed1a.jpg?v=1760440077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/there-are-little-kingdoms-9781555976521","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}