Small Things Like These

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season.

Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church. (From Grove Atlantic)

• Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These is a story of moral crisis, heroism and the human heart
• Small Things Like These wins 2022 Orwell Prize for political fiction

Claire Keeganis an Irish writer known for her award-winning short stories.Her stories have won numerous awards and are translated into more than twenty languages.Antarcticawon the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and was chosen as aLos Angeles TimesBook of the Year.Walk the Blue Fieldswon the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles.Foster, after winning the Davy Byrnes Award then the world's richest prize for a story was recently selected byThe Times UKas one of the top 50 novels to be published in the 21st century.

Interviews with Claire Keegan

Writers and Company1:05:50Claire Keegans Small Things Like These is a story of moral crisis, heroism and the human heart

Claire Keegan's beautifully wrought fiction is remarkable for its subtlety and emotional depth. Her new novel, Small Things Like These, has won high praise and was on many best-of-the-year lists in Britain. Set during a time of economic hardship and the authority of the Catholic Church in 1980s Ireland, Small Things Like These is a moving story of complicity and human decency.