Bullfighting

Description

The Man Booker Prize-winning author takes the pulse of modern Ireland with a masterful new collection of stories. 

“Recuperation” follows a man as he sets off on his daily prescribed walk around his neighborhood, the sights triggering recollections of his family and his younger days.

In “Animals”, George recalls caring for his children’s many pets and his heartfelt effort to spare them grief when they died or disappeared. The title story captures the mixture of bravado and helplessness of four friends who go off to Spain on holiday.

Sharply observed, funny, and moving, these thirteen stories present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs, and middle- aged men trying to break out of the routines of their lives.