{"product_id":"9781529449969","title":"The Comets","description":"Author: Eoin McNamee\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529449969\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For over thirty years, Eoin McNamee has been one of the outstanding writers of his generation' David Peace\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'McNamee's books are intense and compressed, but so carefully worked that they read smoothly' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Eoin McNamee is the poet laureate of the visionary dark' Colum McCann\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bureau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eResurrection Man\u003c\/i\u003e, a complete collection of Eoin McNamee's shorter fiction, published in one volume for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each of these stories is a world to itself, steeped in eerie beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA frosty northern witch changes the life of a twelve-year-old girl by teaching her that women keep their dreams in their hair. The 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once realist and magical, contemporary and timeless, \u003ci\u003eThe Comets\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Eoin McNamee's status as one of Ireland's greatest prose stylists and a storyteller of inalienable power. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67954154373278,"sku":"ADS-9781529449969","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529449969.jpg?v=1794048883","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529449969","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}