The End of the World is a Cul de Sac av Louise Kennedy

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<b>''A dazzling, heartbreaking debut collection'' <i>Guardian</i></b><b>''Kennedy''s voice, and her unforgiving gaze, are electric'' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><b>''These stories sing, haunt and inspire laughter ... One of the best collections I''ve read in years'' Sinead Gleeson</b><b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><b>WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE</b><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O''BRIEN AWARD 2022</b><i>The secrets people kept, the lies they told.</i>In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories, people are effortlessly cruel to one another, and the natural world is a primitive salve. Here, women are domestically trapped by predatorial men, Ireland¿s folklore and politics loom large, and poverty ¿ material, emotional, sexual ¿ seeps through every crack.A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a ghost estate, with blood on her hands; a young woman is tormented by visions of the man murdered by her brother during the Troubles; a pregnant mother fears the worst as her husband