{"product_id":"the-comets-collected-short-fiction-by-eoin-mcnamee","title":"The Comets: Collected Short Fiction by Eoin McNamee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 1 OCT 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'For over thirty years, Eoin McNamee has been one of the outstanding writers of his generation' David Peace \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'McNamee's books are intense and compressed, but so carefully worked that they read smoothly' The Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the author of The Bureau and Resurrection Man, a complete collection of Eoin McNamee's shorter fiction, published in one volume for the first time. Each of these stories is a world to itself, steeped in eerie beauty. A frosty northern witch changes the life of a twelve-year-old girl by teaching her that women keep their dreams in their hair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wondrous souls of the dead become bright comets arcing over a seaside town. A girl on fire runs through the snow, and a woman on the run is transformed into an ice queen by her own will. Lives unravel and are remade and if they are lost they are lost to beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt once realist and magical, contemporary and timeless, The Comets confirms Eoin McNamee's status as one of Ireland's greatest prose stylists and a storyteller of inalienable power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback \u003cbr\u003ePublication: 1 Oct 2026, Quercus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529449952\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 224 \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003epages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57648372744574,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781529449952.jpg?v=1783335367","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-comets-collected-short-fiction-by-eoin-mcnamee","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}