{"product_id":"comets-2","title":"Comets","description":"\u003cp\u003e'For over thirty years, Eoin McNamee has been one of the outstanding writers of his generation' David Peace\u003cbr\u003e 'McNamee's books are intense and compressed, but so carefully worked that they read smoothly' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bureau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eResurrection Man\u003c\/i\u003e, a complete collection of Eoin McNamee's shorter fiction, published in one volume for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each of these stories is a world to itself, steeped in eerie beauty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA frosty northern witch changes the life of a twelve-year-old girl by teaching her that women keep their dreams in their hair. The wondrous souls of the dead become bright comets arcing over a seaside town. A girl on fire runs through the snow, and a woman on the run is transformed into an ice queen by her own will. Lives unravel and are remade and if they are lost they are lost to beauty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once realist and magical, contemporary and timeless, \u003ci\u003eThe Comets\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Eoin McNamee's status as one of Ireland's greatest prose stylists and a storyteller of inalienable power. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57533098951000,"sku":"9781529449952","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529449952.jpg?v=1781782289","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/comets-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}