The Best New Irish Short Stories 2005
by Perseus
Category: Fiction

A collection of short original works by some of Ireland's most famous contemporary writers includes Roddy Doyle's The Joke, in which a man eavesdrops on his wife's conversation; Sophia Hillan's The Cocktail Hour, in which a couple remembers the Jazz Age; and Bernard MacLaverty's Matters of Life and Death, in which brothers spend the night dancing with a local couple. Original.