Small Things Like These

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES 'TOP 5 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE, THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS 'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent 'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Claire Keegan's book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022 ----- Readers love Small Things Like These: 'G ripping and very moving and thought-provoking ... brilliantly done, but also softly and slowly. You'll never regret reading this book, but it will haunt you for ever after.' 'I haven't loved a book for so long. This has changed it. Every word counted. Moral, heartfelt & a beautiful read.' 'This is a beautifully written story, both simple and profound. Set at Christmas, it is, in essence, an exploration of the best and the worst of what it is to be human. A stunning achievement.' 'A remarkable novel - short, succinct, moving. I read it in one sitting early on a Sunday morning before anybody else was up.' 'This book needs to sit and settle with the reader after it's read. Much lies here within what seems a simple tale. It strikes to the heart.'

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES 'TOP 5 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE, THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS 'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent 'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Claire Keegan's book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022 ----- Readers love Small Things Like These: 'G ripping and very moving and thought-provoking ... brilliantly done, but also softly and slowly. You'll never regret reading this book, but it will haunt you for ever after.' 'I haven't loved a book for so long. This has changed it. Every word counted. Moral, heartfelt & a beautiful read.' 'This is a beautifully written story, both simple and profound. Set at Christmas, it is, in essence, an exploration of the best and the worst of what it is to be human. A stunning achievement.' 'A remarkable novel - short, succinct, moving. I read it in one sitting early on a Sunday morning before anybody else was up.' 'This book needs to sit and settle with the reader after it's read. Much lies here within what seems a simple tale. It strikes to the heart.'

** A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** Chosen as a Spectator, Irish Times and Irish Independent Book of the Year ** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOSTER , SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE IS AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF HOPE, QUIET HEROISM, AND TENDERNESS. WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS 'A single one of Keegan's grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history. Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' Hilary Mantel (Winner of the Booker Prize 2009 and 2012) 'This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart (Winner of the Booker Prize 2020) 'Marvellous-exact and icy and loving all at once.' Sarah Moss 'A haunting, hopeful masterpiece.' Sinéad Gleeson ** A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK** **CHOSEN AS A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME** It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. 'Astonishing. Claire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.' Colm Tóibín 'A true gift of a book. a sublime Chekhovian shock.' Andrew O'Hagan 'A moral tale that is unsentimental and deeply affecting, because true and right.' David Hayden Claire Keegan's book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022

** A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** Chosen as a Spectator, Irish Times and Irish Independent Book of the Year ** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOSTER , SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE IS AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF HOPE, QUIET HEROISM, AND TENDERNESS. WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS 'A single one of Keegan's grounded, powerful sentences can contain volumes of social history. Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' Hilary Mantel (Winner of the Booker Prize 2009 and 2012) 'This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart (Winner of the Booker Prize 2020) 'Marvellous-exact and icy and loving all at once.' Sarah Moss 'A haunting, hopeful masterpiece.' Sinéad Gleeson ** A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK** **CHOSEN AS A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME** It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. 'Astonishing. Claire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.' Colm Tóibín 'A true gift of a book. a sublime Chekhovian shock.' Andrew O'Hagan 'A moral tale that is unsentimental and deeply affecting, because true and right.' David Hayden Claire Keegan's book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022

A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan's multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES 'TOP 5 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS 'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent 'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Claire Keegan's book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022 ----- Readers love Small Things Like These: 'G ripping and very moving and thought-provoking ... brilliantly done, but also softly and slowly. You'll never regret reading this book, but it will haunt you for ever after.' 'I haven't loved a book for so long. This has changed it. Every word counted. Moral, heartfelt & a beautiful read.' 'This is a beautifully written story, both simple and profound. Set at Christmas, it is, in essence, an exploration of the best and the worst of what it is to be human. A stunning achievement.' 'A remarkable novel - short, succinct, moving. I read it in one sitting early on a Sunday morning before anybody else was up.' 'This book needs to sit and settle with the reader after it's read. Much lies here within what seems a simple tale. It strikes to the heart.'

A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan's multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES 'TOP 5 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS 'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent 'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Claire Keegan's book Small Things Like These was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022 ----- Readers love Small Things Like These: 'G ripping and very moving and thought-provoking ... brilliantly done, but also softly and slowly. You'll never regret reading this book, but it will haunt you for ever after.' 'I haven't loved a book for so long. This has changed it. Every word counted. Moral, heartfelt & a beautiful read.' 'This is a beautifully written story, both simple and profound. Set at Christmas, it is, in essence, an exploration of the best and the worst of what it is to be human. A stunning achievement.' 'A remarkable novel - short, succinct, moving. I read it in one sitting early on a Sunday morning before anybody else was up.' 'This book needs to sit and settle with the reader after it's read. Much lies here within what seems a simple tale. It strikes to the heart.'