Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker PrizeOne of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." --Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers Small Things Like These is award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. An international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.Author: Claire KeeganPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 11/30/2021Pages: 128Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.80dISBN: 9780802158741Award: Man Booker Prize - FinalistReview Citation(s): Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 4Publishers Weekly 08/23/2021Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2021Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 76Booklist 10/01/2021 pg. 27Shelf Awareness 12/03/2021About the AuthorClaire Keegan's works of fiction are internationally acclaimed and have been translated into thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. Foster won the Davy Byrnes Award -- the world's richest prize for a short story. Small Things Like These was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. It won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the Year. She was awarded Woman of the Year for Literature in Ireland, 2022, and Author of the Year, 2023.
