by SeanO'Reilly (Author)
Sean O'Reilly's characters inhabit a world that can seem dangerously indifferent to human feeling but alive to the thrills of living on the edge. Unnecessary risks are taken which are punished, not obscured, by family; dangerous brothers and traditional, hardened fathers wield power, usually with brutality. The stories in what was O'Reilly's debut collection present us with a harsh and unsentimental view of the mundane, underscored by moments of great beauty, humour and pathos.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0571206549
ISBN 13: 9780571206544
Book Overview: Curfew and Other Stories by Sean O'Reilly is a debut collection of short stories which present us with a harsh and unsentimental view of the mundane, underscored by moments of great beauty, humour and pathos.