A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan’s multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These.
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.
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.