Twelve new stories from the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted author of GRACE NOTES and MIDWINTER BREAK. MacLaverty is a consummately gifted short-story writer and novelist whose work - like that of William Trevor, Edna O'Brien or Colm Tóibín - is deceptively simple on the surface, but carries a turbulent undertow. 'A master craftsman' - Anne Enright