In a Nutshell: If you're looking for a sharp, witty and entertaining look at the more marginal side of life on the Emerald Isle, then you won't go far wrong in picking up this collection. With There Are Little Kingdoms Kevin Barry shows himself to be … [Read more...]
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Afterthoughts: There Are Little Kingdoms by Kevin Barry
Filed Under: Afterthoughts, Book Reviews, Feature Story, Short Fiction, Short Fiction Afterthoughts Tagged With: book review, Kevin Barry, short story collections, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘The Penguins’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘Nights at the Gin Palace’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘There Are Little Kingdoms’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘Burn the Bad Lamp’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘Breakfast Wine’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘Party at Helen’s’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
‘The Wintersongs’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press
Rob Reports: Simon Van Booy and Kevin Barry at EdBookFest 2010
And so after weeks of bombarding you with uncontainable excitement, the day finally dawned when I would get to see one of my contemporary literary heroes ‘in the flesh’, along with another short story writer who has fast gained my respect. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Feature Story, General feature, Rob Reports Tagged With: Beautiful Books, Colin Galbraith, Edinburgh Book Festival, Harper Perennial, Kevin Barry, short stories, Simon van Booy, Stinging Fly Press
‘Ideal Homes’ by Kevin Barry
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...]
Filed Under: Short Fiction, short stories, Short Story Reviews Tagged With: Irish literature, Kevin Barry, short stories, short story review, Stinging Fly Press