The Beasts They Turned Awayosac Mulgannon is a man called to stand. Losing a grip on his mental and physical health, he is burdened with looking after a mute child whom the local villagers view as cursed. The aging farmer stubbornly refuses to succumb in the face of adversity and will do anything, at any cost, to keep hold of his farm and the child. This dark and lyrical debut novel confronts a claustrophobic rural community caught up in the uncertainties of a rapidly changing

and translated here by the author – a process that itself raises questions about poetry and truth

It urges us to write our stories anew—if we want to avoid becoming beasts ourselves

particularly Sligo and Galway

while emphasising the absurdity of politics

In nomine patris et filii et spiritus cap tikus

The line I can feel and not see

Mila Haugová

Byron and British rapper Roots Manuva have in common

Loosely set in an imagined book fair/art fair/fun fair

Daniel Kane was born in New York City and grew up in Manila

the swallows skirled and feinted

the book that heralded the arrival of a standout talent in contemporary fiction