Synopsis
* Winner of the Butler Literary Award * Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize * Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award *
'Gripping, wonderfully understated, oozes humanity, emotion and humour' - Guardian
Set in the author’s native Belfast, the ten stories in Sweet Home lay bare the heartbreak...
Details
25 June 2020240 pages
9781529017076Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Shot through with glimmering beauty, Sweet Home is a delight.Daily Mail
An exceptional ear for dialogue, an impeccable semantic rhythm and an uncanny ability to tease laughter out of the darkest moments mean Erskine is perfectly poised to stare, unflinching, into our neoliberal abyss. The result is a gripping, wonderfully understated book that oozes humanity, emotion and humour.Guardian
The best collection of short stories I've read since - ooh - Raymond Carver. It's that good.John Niven
Spiky and funny, dark and stylish – Wendy Erskine is a natural-born story-teller, and this is a brilliant debut collection.Kevin Barry
