Homesickness

A Best Book of the Year from the New York Times and Oprah Daily

A New York Times Editors' Choice

A deeply satisfying and soulful collection of eight new stories, rich with humour, melancholy, and the ever-present threat of violence and tragedy, from one of our most adored modern writers of short fiction.

“That’s the thing about Mayo County. I find it’s very presentable from a distance. It’s only up close it lets you down.”

A man calls the police to report he’s shot an attempted oil thief on his property, and a stupid one at that: who’s going to have a full tank in the middle of summer? A group of brutish brothers play the unlikely heroes to a troubled young sword-wielding man… Keep Reading