Title: Joyride to Jupiter
Description: A heartbroken man deals with his wife''s Alzheimers as best he can. The Jesus of O''Connell Street reflects on his situation, which isn''t half bad. A too-young girl witnesses her father''s shocking infidelity. A quiet murder on a riverbank. Imperfect lovers and unlikely friends thwart and bolster each other as they act out their dramas on the beaches of Brazil, in the bedrooms of Dublin, and in the wilds of North America.
Subjects: Short stories, English fiction
Time periods: 20th century