The
best Small City Blues
A
memoir of urban life, chronicled
through it's central character,
Mackey. From momentary reflections
to stories about his break with
childhood and adolescence, the early
introduction to the Big World, the
discovery of romance and then love,
the powerlessnes of ordinary people,
the weeknesses that end in disappointment
and the strengths that help them
seek redemption and belonging.
Martin Kelleher was born in Cork City in 1962, where he lives, after spells in Dublin and London. His next novel is Love at the End of the World.
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