num_pages: 184
description: An ageing nun is tracked to ground by her sister; a garrulous beautician must lay out the corpse of a loved one. These are eloquent tales of exile and displacement, of characters always in search of a way back home or of a way to leave it. Mischievous, assured and versatile, Colum McCann's collection of short stories marks him out as one of our best contemporary writers.
language: English
title: Fishing the Sloe-Black River
titlecomplete: Fishing the Sloe-Black River
genres: Ireland, Irish Literature, Short Stories, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 583
publisher: Orion Pub Co