Read stories
‘Castle View’: here.
‘Clap Hands’: here.
‘all the boys’: here.
Buy the book
If you’re in Ireland or Britain and you’re in the position to buy/order the book from a local independent bookstore, that would be amazing. Otherwise, you can order physical copies (in paperback; the hardback is basically out of print) or an eBook version from all the usual places. If money’s tight, please ask your library to order it in.
If you’re looking to avoid ordering from Jeff Bezos, I recommend:
UK
Blackwells (free delivery)
Ireland
Kenny’s (free delivery)
USA/Canada/elsewhere!
Depending on where you are, Blackwells offer free or very low postage across the world
PLAYLIST
I created a playlist of the songs I listened to while I was writing the book. You can check it out here.
Luke Bird at Faber designed the cover. Each photo represents a different story in the collection, and I interviewed Luke about the cover here.
WRITERS I WAS READING
The following writers are the ones whose work I was reading around the time I was writing the book – and/or from whom I found permission to write in certain ways:
Donald Barthelme, Frederick Barthelme, Ali Smith, Grace Paley, George Saunders, Dylan Thomas, Philip MacCann, Kevin Barry, Colin Barrett, Anne Enright, Jean-Paul Sartre, David Berman, Lorrie Moore, Raymond Carver, Richard Yates, Ottessa Mosfegh, Wells Tower, Albert Camus, Hermann Hesse, Aleksandar Hemon, ZZ Packer, Joy Williams, Bernard Malamud, Jon McGregor, Ian McEwan, Flannery O’Connor, Frank O’Connor, Don DeLillo, JG Ballard, AM Homes