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Kevin Barry


Ireland (b.1969)

Kevin Barry was born in Limerick and now lives in Dublin. He writes sketches and columns for the Sunday Herald in Glasgow and the Irish Examiner in Cork. He has written about travel and literature for The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and many other publications. He was awarded the 2007 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for this collection.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical, Science Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
Novels
   City of Bohane (2011)
   Beatlebone (2015)
   Night Boat to Tangier (2019)
   The Heart in Winter (2024)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Wifey Redux (2015)
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Anthologies edited
   Town and Country (2013)
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Kevin Barry recommends
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Wild Houses (2024)
Colin Barrett
"Vivid, controlled, very funny, and very moving - Barrett has the kind of pure writing chops that are vanishingly rare."
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Kala (2023)
Colin Walsh
"Now here's a truly ambitious debut novel that purrs with narrative confidence - hugely engaging and thoroughly addictive."
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Shy (2023)
Max Porter
"A troubled boy's psyche is presented in a shattered mosaic that contains within it the hope of new forms and new beginnings - this is a beautiful and haunting book, and it captures with a great artistry the resonance and rhythms of its era."

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Books containing stories by Kevin Barry
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Collected Stories (2023)
edited by
Ben Rivers
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The 32 (2021)
An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices
edited by
Paul McVeigh
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Head Land (2016)
10 Years of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize
edited by
Rodge Glass

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Awards
2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award : City of Bohane
2012 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award : City of Bohane
2007 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature : There are Little Kingdoms

Award nominations
2019 Booker Prize (longlist) : Night Boat to Tangier
2015 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (nominee) : Beatlebone
2015 Goldsmiths Prize (nominee) : Beatlebone
2011 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : City of Bohane


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