The Hill Road (Paperback)

'Patrick O'Keeffe's debut has managed to take conservative literary subjects like rural Ireland and nostalgia for the past and make them stylistically challenging - no mean feat for any writer, never mind one just into print ... O'Keeffe strides with confidence through the Limerick he himself grew up in ... All four tales are of classic country village life, where everybody knows everybody else and their father before them, and everyone has their nose in everyone else's business. O'Keeffe capitalises on this gossipy world with a writing style that weaves in and out of dialogue, unvoiced thoughts and memories' Independent on Sunday 'A poignant, beautifully written story' Sunday Tribune 'This is vibrant, demanding, first-rate writing to keep you on your toes' Independent on Sunday