{"product_id":"9781555976880","title":"Dark Lies the Island : Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Barry's deliciously wicked collection \u003ci\u003eDark Lies the Island\u003c\/i\u003e delivers on the many reckless promises made by his virtuosic and prizewinning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e. It firmly establishes him as both a world-class word slinger and a masterful storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Kevin Barry] isn't sparing with his powers. Even his throwaway lines are keepers.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He does humor. He does high drama. He even dabbles in horror (of a kind). And he can handle just about any other narrative form you might think of.” —\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune (Minneapolis)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Barry's best short stories are like a spade to the face . . . [He] earns comparison with the great and shamefully neglected V. S. Pritchett, whose short stories also employed pronounced comic means for serious, compassionate ends.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Outstanding . . . [These] stories triumph . . . They are funny, sad, troubling, illuminating, often in equal measure.” —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By the end of a story, Barry has me in full sympathy with someone I might edge away from on the train. His regard for characters big and small and capacity to be funny without playing them for cheap laughs recalls George Saunders.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stealthy and shimmering . . . Darkness abounds in these thirteen stories, though it takes its different forms: vileness, foreboding, ignorance, isolation, self-delusion, despair.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Barry is a prose wizard whose stories pulse on the page with all the humor and viciousness of life itself.” —\u003ci\u003eSam Lipsyte, The Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Kevin Barry's] prose is almost literally indescribable . . . It's not hard to see a devoted following accrue around this singular talent.” —\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A startlingly unique voice.” —\u003ci\u003eObserver (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555976880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40626125340878,"sku":"9781555976880","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c8f54f8d-2314-4a19-84fd-644abb4a303b.jpg?v=1638668184","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555976880","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}