*From the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These*
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
The evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord. She watches the dog licking the bowl clean. This dog will break her daughter-s heart, she-s sure of it.
Claire Keegan-s mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his -three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage-.
When Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding at this seeming act of kindness. As the seasons pass, long-buried family secrets threaten to emerge.
Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.
