
C’era ancora la guerra il giorno in cui Mary prese la nave per l’Inghilterra. Sulla nave si sistemò in un cantuccio, i due fratelli uno di fronte all’altro, lei con la testa poggiata sulla spalla del padre, la guancia sul cappotto che sapeva di terra e fumo di torba e dell’aria fredda e pulita dell’Irlanda. A …

Even the Dogs is British author Jon McGregor's third novel. First published in 2010, the novel focuses on drug addiction, alcoholism, homelessness, and dereliction. The Irish Times literary critic Eileen Battersby called it a "magnificent" novel. In 2012, Even the Dogs was awarded the International Dublin Literary …

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things is British writer Jon McGregor's first novel, which was first published by Bloomsbury in 2002. It portrays a day in the life of a suburban British street, with the plot alternately following the lives of the street's various inhabitants. All but one person's viewpoint is described …