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Pure Gold

By: John Patrick McHugh
Narrated by: Glen Barry, Aron Hegarty
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'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today’ SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People

‘Remarkable, rare and truly brilliant’ MEGAN NOLAN, author of Acts of Desperation

‘Dark, funny, honest and engrossing’ RODDY DOYLE, author of Love

‘Refreshing and ambitious’ LISA MCINERNEY, author of The Rules of Revelation

On an island off Ireland’s west coast strange things are afoot: two teenage boys set fires while their worlds fall apart, a couple drive out to the hills in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, a widow seeks a stranger’s help to bury her grief and a horse crashes a house party. Adrift in the treacherous waters of small-town boredom, the residents reach out with love and cruelty, desperation and hope, in their pursuit of connection.

Pure Gold is a bitterly funny, surprising and profoundly moving short story collection that crackles with the thrilling energy of a bold new literary voice, John Patrick McHugh.

‘Full of stylish brio’ Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins

‘Hilarious, shocking, and disturbingly well-observed’ Vanity Fair

‘Searing … John Patrick McHugh joins an illustrious generation of talented writers’ Irish Times

‘Savagely funny’ Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time

‘Refreshing and ambitious’ Lisa McInerney, author of The Blood Miracles

©2021 John Patrick McHugh (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Good short story collection - needs a correction

Two stories in this collection are in the wrong place - the story for "12 pubs" is the story for The First Real Time, and vice versa - ie the story you hear after the title "12 pubs" is the story that in actuality is The First Real Time, and the story you hear under "The First Real Time" is in actuality, the story for 12 Pubs. Worth knowing as you listen!

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