{"product_id":"the-comets-9781529449952","title":"The Comets : Collected Short Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e'For over thirty years, Eoin McNamee has been one of the outstanding writers of his generation' David Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'McNamee's books are intense and compressed, but so carefully worked that they read smoothly' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' Eoin McNamee is the poet laureate of the visionary dark' Colum McCann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the author of The Bureau and Resurrection Man , a complete collection of Eoin McNamee's shorter fiction, published in one volume for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these stories is a world to itself, steeped in eerie beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once realist and magical, contemporary and timeless, The Comets confirms Eoin McNamee's status as one of Ireland's greatest prose stylists and a storyteller of inalienable power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Eoin McNamee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eNorthern Ireland, Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 Oct 2026 by Quercus Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eoin McNamee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319148716410,"sku":"9781529449952","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529449952.jpg?v=1790623564","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/pt\/products\/the-comets-9781529449952","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}