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Small Things Like These: Shortlisted For The 2022 Booker PrizeStock informationGeneral Fields
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Local DescriptionSTAFF REVIEW by Reem I loved every minute I spent reading this book. It’s the perfect novella to help you get unstuck from a reading lull. It takes you gently by the hand and meanders through an Irish village at christmas, simply reminding us of the meaning in all the small things we do in life. A really blissful read that is spiritual and soulful without being airy or pretentious. DescriptionIt is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Awards* A Book of the Year in The Times, The New Statesman, Observer, Financial Times, Irish Times, Irish Independent & Times Literary Supplement * Winner of the Orwell Prize * Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Awards * Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year at the Dalkey Literary Awards Reviews'Exquisite.' - Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' - The Times 'Miraculous.' - Herald 'Astonishing.' - Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' - Sunday Independent 'Absolutely beautiful.' - Douglas Stuart
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