Title: 'The Penguins' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 19 September 2010 Briefly: All seems routine and normal on a Transatlantic flight until a 'majorly dramatic sound from the … [Read more...]

Title: 'Nights at the Gin Palace' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 17 September 2010 Briefly: It's the early hours of the morning and Freddie Bliss sits with his daughter Angelica, … [Read more...]

Title: 'There Are Little Kingdoms' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 16 September 2010 Briefly: Making his way through the town in high spirits, the narrator is taken by surprise when … [Read more...]

Title: 'Burn the Bad Lamp' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 14 September 2010 Briefly: Ralph Coughlan has a small antique shop in the wrong part of town. Wistful and optimistic that … [Read more...]

Title: 'Breakfast Wine' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 12 September 2010 Briefly: At the The North Star bar it's business as usual. All fine and well except business as usual at the … [Read more...]

Title: 'Party at Helen's' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 10 September 2010 Briefly: This story settles on a particular house party playing out on a Saturday night/Sunday morning in … [Read more...]

Title: 'The Wintersongs' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 09 September 2010 Briefly: A 'bony and long and turkey-necked' old woman boards a train at a country station and sits down on … [Read more...]

Title: 'Ideal Homes' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 29 August 2010 Briefly: This story takes the reader on an evening tour around a quintessential Irish village, with brazen twins, … [Read more...]

Title: 'Last Days Of The Buffalo' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 27 August 2010 Briefly: The story follows Foley - a man so eloquently described in the story as 'the original brick … [Read more...]

Title: 'Animal Needs' by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: There Are Little Kingdoms (Stinging Fly Press) Date Read: 26 August 2010 Briefly: With an inspector from the Organic Certification Board due at his poultry farm, John Martin has … [Read more...]