{"product_id":"after-a-dance-selected-stories-9781035024865","title":"After a Dance : Selected Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: O'Connor, Bridget\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 February 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 12 | 116g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'These are some of the wildest, arresting, just plain brilliant short stories I've read in a long time.' - Roddy Doyle, author of The Woman Who Walked Into DoorsAfter a Dance is a collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, with an exclusive preface from the author's daughter, Constance Straughan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridget O'Connor was one of the great short story writers of her generation. She had a voice that was viscerally funny and an eye for both the glaring reality and the absurdity of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn After A Dance, we meet a selection of O'Connor's most memorable characters often living on the margin of their own lives: from the anonymous thief set on an unusual prize to the hungover best man clinging to what he's lost, to the unrepentant gold-digger who always comes out on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom unravelling narcissists to melancholy romantics all human life is here - at its best and at its delightful worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Think Irvine Welsh meets Edna O’Brien . . . pure, delicious naughty fun' – The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'Connor, Bridget","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55745470529914,"sku":"9781035024865","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781035024865.jpg?v=1755012765","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-a-dance-selected-stories-9781035024865","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}