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Bloomsbury presents How to Gut a Fish by Sheila Armstrong read by Aoife McMahon
LONGLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZE 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR SHORT STORY OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2022
SHORTLISTED FOR ALCS TOMGALLON TRUST AWARD
Unsettling unpredictable and brilliant Roddy Doyle
In sumptuous and evocative prose Sheila Armstrong writes stories that are unnerving and unsettling Stories which make you go wait wait what was that Claire Fuller author of Unsettled Ground
On a boat offshore a fisherman guts a mackerel as he anxiously awaits a midnight rendezvous
Villagers one by one disappear into a sinkhole beneath a yew tree
A nameless girl is taped bound and put on display in a countryside market
A man returning home following the death of his mother finds something disturbing among her personal effects
A dazzling and disquieting collection of stories how to gut a fish places the bizarre beside the everyday and then elegantly and expertly blurs the lines An exciting new Irish writer whose sharp and lyrical prose unsettles and astounds in equal measure Sheila Armstrongs exquisitely provocative stories carve their way into your mind and take hold
Dark devilishly well written and full of atmosphere How to Gut a Fish is one of the most original and affecting short story collections Ive read in years Jan Carson author of The Fire Starters
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