Summary
WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES AUDIBLE SHORT STORY AWARD
‘A gripping novel and a sharp, entertaining examination of the nature of art and its power to inspire and corrupt’ Roddy Doyle
Nessa McCormack’s marriage is coming back together again after her husband’s affair. She is excited to be in charge of a retrospective art exhibit for one of Ireland’s most beloved and enigmatic artists, the late sculptor Robert Locke. But the arrival of two outsiders imperils both h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473613676 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473613671 |
| Author: | Danielle McLaughlin |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 152mm x 232mm |
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Praise for Dinosaurs on Other Planets - .
This is not a debut in the usual sense; a promise of greater things to come. There is no need to ask what Danielle McLaughlin will do next, she has done it already. This book has arrived. I think it will stay with us for a long time - Anne EnrightFull of such arresting, resonant and precise writing … an impressive achievement - Financial TimesTaut with words unsaid and fights unhad, and the endings are all that endings should be - MetroMcLaughlin has a flair for making her stories crystallise around a striking image - Sunday TimesHer near-faultless debut collection … deals primarily with psychological alienation, and the desolate upheaval of humans in crisis - GuardianDanielle McLaughlin
Danielle McLaughlin is the author of the short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Irish Times, the Stinging Fly, and various anthologies. She has won the Windham Campbell Prize, the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition, the Willesden Short Story Prize, the Merriman Short Story Competition in memory of Maeve Binchy, and the Dromineer Literary Festival short story competition. The Art of Falling is her first novel.
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