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Kevin Barry: 'I take reality as a bit of a springboard'

The Limerick writer's latest collection of stories, That Old Country Music, sees a slight shift in style, as a well as reflections of his current homeplace in Co Sligo

Kevin Barry: 'I take reality as a bit of a springboard' — Author Kevin Barry says the short story is a ‘very mysterious form and the more you do it, it’s like the less you know about them’. Picture: Darragh Kane

Sat, 14 Nov, 2020 - 19:00

Joanne O'Sullivan

That Old Country Music
Kevin Barry
Canongate, €16.99

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