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The Pleasant Light of Day

The Pleasant Light of Day

by PhilipÓCeallaigh (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

Philip O Ceallaigh's first collection of stories, Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse, established him as one of the most vital and distinctive new voices in fiction. The Pleasant Light of Day confirms his enormous talent and presses brilliantly into new territory. Whether he is imagining a father and son walking the streets of Cairo or concocting a hilarious parody of a certain wildly popular inspirational writer from Brazil, Philip O Ceallaigh is a writer who demands to be read.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 05 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 1844881865
ISBN 13: 9781844881864

Media Reviews
'An extraordinarily good writer ! seldom have I read a debut in which the author's control of tone, dialogue and narrative contour is so masterful ' - Michel Faber, Guardian 'With this debut collection Philip A Ceallaigh gives us not just a new voice, but a whole new literary space' - Anne Enright 'An extraordinary achievement ! the most impressive debut by an Irish writer for some time' Irish Independent
Author Bio
Philip O Ceallaigh, a native of County Waterford, currently lives in Bucharest. His first collection of stories, Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse, won the Glen Dimplex New Writers Award for fiction and was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Philip won the Rooney Prize, which is awarded annually to an Irish writer under forty, in 2006.