Everything in this Country Must
From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin
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A powerful and moving collection - Roddy Doyle A group of British soldiers appear to help a farmer and his daughter free their horse from a stream in a flood. A young boy and his mother, under cover of night, painstakingly prepare for the marching season...
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A powerful and moving collection - Roddy Doyle
A group of British soldiers appear to help a farmer and his daughter free their horse from a stream in a flood. A young boy and his mother, under cover of night, painstakingly prepare for the marching season ahead. And a young woman and her son sit over a game of chess in a Galway caravan, their thoughts elsewhere β in the Derry prison where a young man is slowly succumbing to hunger strike.
Everything in this Country Must reveals the reverberations of political tragedy in the most intimate lives of men and women, parents and children β and confirms Colum McCann as a master storyteller.
These are powerful stories β gritty, memorable and ambitious β¦ Goes straight to the heart, both in terms of its theme and its emotional punch - Edna OβBrien
McCann writes with a dazzling blend of menace and heartbreak - New York Times
McCann returns to Ireland with this collection, turning his measured gaze and incisive prose to the countryβs recent history with devastating effect - Maggie OβFarrell
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781037204234
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 100g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Colum McCannβs seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the worldβs most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2009. His novel TransAtlantic was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, Apeirogon, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. colummccann.com
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