01810cam a2200385 i 4500 554958274 TxGeo 20220421120000.0 220309s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022010440 9780802159649 hbk. 0802159648 hbk. (OCoLC)1281652790 TxGeo rda Barrett, Colin. Short stories Selections. Homesickness : stories / Colin Barrett. Home-sickness. Home sick ness. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, NY : Grove Press, 2022. 213 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "[The author] brings together eight character-driven stories, each showcasing his inimitably observant eye and darkly funny style. A quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won't lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father's cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor's life"--Provided by publisher. 20220510. Disappointment Fiction. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Violence Fiction. Mayo (Ireland : County) Fiction. Ireland Social life and customs Fiction. Short stories. QS5