{"product_id":"after-a-dance","title":"Estate of Bridget O'Connor The: After a Dance [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'These are some of the wildest, arresting, just plain brilliant short stories I've read in a long time.' - Roddy Doyle, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a Dance\u003c\/i\u003e is the compiled collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, with an exclusive preface from the author's daughter, Constance Straughan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridget O'Connor was one of the great short story writers of her generation. She had a voice that was viscerally funny and an eye for both the glaring reality and the absurdity of the everyday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfter A Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet a selection of O'Connor's most memorable characters often living on the margin of their own lives: from the anonymous thief set on an unusual prize to the hungover best man clinging to what he's lost, to the unrepentant gold-digger who always comes out on top. From unravelling narcissists to melancholy romantics all human life is here - at its best and at its delightful worst.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'connor, Bridget","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47539648659795,"sku":"9781035024902","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-connor-bridget-estate-of-bridget-o-connor-the-after-a-dance-2024-paperback-9781035024902-57686923575635.jpg?v=1727403800","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/after-a-dance","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}