Colum McCann 
Fishing the Sloe-Black River 

”A gifted and determined stylist, Colum Mc Cann seems to have taken a vow never to write a dull line”
New York Times Book Review




”Orwell would have been proud to journey with a writer as good as Colum Mc Cann”
Irish Sunday Independent


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An ageing nun is tracked to ground by her sister; a garrulous beautician must lay out the corpse of a loved one.



These are eloquent tales of exile and displacement, of characters always in search of a way back home or of a way to leave it. Mischievous, assured and versatile, Colum Mc Cann”s collection of short stories marks him out as one of our best contemporary writers.