

Both are accustomed to being alone, unloved, outcast - but they quickly find in each other a strange companionship of sorts. Ray, aged fifty-seven, 'too old for starting over, too young for giving up', and One Eye, a vicious little bugger, smaller than expected, a good ratter. A PERSON WITHOUT OTHER PETS & WITHOUT CHILDREN UNDER FOUR.Ī misfit man finds a misfit dog. A note sellotaped to the inside of the jumble-shop window- COMPASSIONATE & TOLERANT OWNER. You find me on a Tuesday, on my Tuesday trip to town. An extraordinary and heartbreaking debut by a major new talent. A note sellotaped to the inside of the jumble-shop window- COMPASSIONATE &.


WINNER OF THE GEOFFREY FABER MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015
