Beheading the Virgin Mary, and Other Stories General a young Slovak novelist who

a young Slovak novelist who writes in French

In reading Quin we are taught to question the very enterprise of fiction itself: one must be prepared to lose one’s way

Her experience working in Bletchley Park translating intercepted German communications during WWII influenced her radical literary experiments

and convolution made famous in his celebrated English-language debut novel

To escape the claustrophobia of home and city

Beheading the Virgin Mary, and Other Stories General a young Slovak novelist whoEnter Liam O'Donnell. In stories both humorous and harrowing, McLaughlin often focuses on this boy from the north of Ireland, living in Scotland. The zigzag structure of the book means every second story returns to Liam as he navigates growing up, away from his home town and wider family. A unique take on Ireland and Scotland, the Troubles, and religion is the result. . . Enter Liam O'Donnell. In stories both humorous and harrowing, McLaughlin often