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By John Patrick McHugh
Cracking Short Story Collections

All these collections are marvellous, all have influenced my writing and the book in quiet or very blatant ways. None of them will let you down in a backroom brawl.

Open Secrets
Alice Munro
£9.99 £9.49Hard to narrow it down to one Munro so just read them all please.

My Documents
Alejandro Zambra
£12.99 £12.34Zambra is such a warm-hearted and devilish writer. No matter how many times I read this collection, the sentences always seem new to me.

The Garden Party and Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield
£8.99 £8.54Mansfied is an utter joy. Her stories feel like they were written tomorrow.

Pure Gold
John Patrick McHugh
£12.99'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' Sally Rooney

The Emerald Light in the Air: Stories
Donald Antrim
£8.99Hilarious and heart breaking at the same time.

Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Richard Yates
£9.99 £9.49Yates is simply wonderful. The king of the third-person.

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
Denis Johnson
£9.99 £9.49Jesus' Son is outstanding. This collection is as good if different, if much much much sadder. Line by line, it is hard to top Johnson.

My Oedipus Complex: and Other Stories
Frank O'Connor
£10.99 £10.44Frank O'Connor is Chekov with a Cork accent and better jokes.