What Becomes

The hardest thing about the advent of a new collection of stories by A L Kennedy… is the search for synonyms for ‘brilliant’. Her uncanny dialogue is as note-perfect as J D Salinger’s her vision as astutely bleak as Alice Munro’s, and her ability to summon up a society in a few strokes rivals William Trevor’s * Spectator *A first-rate collection * Sunday Telegraph *A.L.Kennedy really dazzles, yet again, in her exceptional new collection * Independent on Sunday *Kennedy’s new stories continue the courageous anatomy of emotional pain that has always been at the centre of her writing. Sometimes stomach churning, bleak and humorous in turn, she is rightly viewed as one of the most brilliant and eccentric writers of her generation – Ruth Scurr * The Times *If you are at all interested in contemporary fiction, this is work you must not miss – Richard FordVery funny and very angry * Guardian *Wonderfully offbeat * Scotsman *AL Kennedy manages to convey an edgy modernity within relatively standard narrative forms…written with the tonal meticulousness of genuine literature – Lionel Shriver * Financial Times *Be warned, Kennedy is a good storyteller, and an even better observer, possessing immaculate timing… She also writes very well: there is an almost jaunty ease about her prose – Eileen Battersby * The Irish Times *Kennedy has a way of pinning words down and forcing the truth out of them that makes her fiction alarming. There is pleasure in reading these extraordinary stories, but there is also pain – Alison Kelly * Times Literary Supplement *

A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards - including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

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