'Jaw-droppingly good' Sinead Gleeson
'Funny, poetic, heart-chilling' Graham Norton
'Terrific' Jenny Offill
'Marvellous' Kevin Barry
'Takes your breath away' Observer
'Unlike any other fiction' Independent
There once was ...
a woman who loved her husband's cock so much that she began taking it to work in her lunchbox.
a man who made films without a camera, which transfixed his estranged daughter.
a couple who administered electric shocks to each other, to be reminded of what love is.
a world where you wake up one day and notice that, one by one, people are turning blue.
Genre: Literary Fiction
'Funny, poetic, heart-chilling' Graham Norton
'Terrific' Jenny Offill
'Marvellous' Kevin Barry
'Takes your breath away' Observer
'Unlike any other fiction' Independent
There once was ...
a woman who loved her husband's cock so much that she began taking it to work in her lunchbox.
a man who made films without a camera, which transfixed his estranged daughter.
a couple who administered electric shocks to each other, to be reminded of what love is.
a world where you wake up one day and notice that, one by one, people are turning blue.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Cathy Sweeney's stories have already attracted a band of fanatical devotees, and this first collection is as marvellous as we could have hoped for. A unique imagination, a brilliant debut." - Kevin Barry
"I loved this collection. It vibrates with a glorious strangeness! Magnificently weird, hugely entertaining, deeply profound." - Danielle McLaughlin
"I loved this collection. It vibrates with a glorious strangeness! Magnificently weird, hugely entertaining, deeply profound." - Danielle McLaughlin
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