Author:Joseph O'Connor
True Believers introduces us to a world of characters stunning in their variety. Here are sad-hearted priests, old friends, young lovers, rockers and rebels. Here are runaway husbands and runaway wives. Here are jokers and fanatics, punks and poets, thinkers and drinkers, chancers and killers. Here are the true believers, all clinging desperately to some kind of faith in a mutable and dangerous world.
This collection of short stories is easily one of the most memorable, moving and laugh-aloud-funny books you'll read in a long time
—— Hepzibah Anderson , Daily MailMany of the very short stories in this collection are more thought-provoking than the average novel
—— Independent on SundayA collection of short, surreal fragments that place the reader in peculiar and often moving worlds
—— MetroA beguiling, savagely funny collection of stories...he'll leave you with more questions than answers but you'll feel all the better for it
—— Daniel Trilling , New StatesmanThese are 46 horror stories from Israel, though they acrobatically shape-shift from the political to the fabulous, and are outwardly comic... I enjoyed these wild, blackly inventive pieces very much at times
—— Todd McEwan , GuardianEtgar Keret is a writer to be taken seriously
—— Yann MartelKeret's surreal conceits are couched in a wry, downbeat language...The effect is something like a sorrowful hybrid of Kafka and Donald Barthelme: deadpan on the surface, with a bassnote of discomfort and emotional alienation that makes even the briefest tales snag in the mind...Each piece is at once universal and particular...world-class gems. The translation is brilliant, too
—— Tim Martin , Daily TelegraphEtgar Keret is the voice of young Israel
—— IndependentOne of the greatest short story writers alive
—— Ben RiceOne of the most important writers alive... enchantingly witty
—— Clive JamesEtgar Keret's extraordinary imagination sets the reader free from slogans and headlines
—— Linda GrantOne of the greatest short story writers alive
—— Ben Rice