Small Things Like These [Hardcover]

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ANew York TimesBestseller•Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize•Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction

One of theNew York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

The Irish TimesBest Book of the 21st Century

"A hypnotic and electrifying Irish tale that transcends country, transcends time." —Lily King,New York Timesbestselling author ofWriters & Lovers

Small Things Like Theseis award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

An international bestseller,Small Things Like Theseis a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.

Claire Keegan's works of fiction are internationally acclaimed and have been translated into thirty languages.Antarcticawon the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.Walk the Blue Fieldswon the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles.Fosterwon the Davy Byrnes Award — the world’s richest prize for a short story.Small Things Like Thesewas shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. It won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and The Kerry Prlób