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01884aam a22002898i 4500 001 4950F9F499F911ECBB37442E4AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220302011956 008 200813s2021 ie 000 j eng d 020 $a 0717189708 020 $a 9780717189700 035 $a (OCoLC)1264400982 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d IMF $d OCLCO $d IWB $d SILO 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Sheehan, Robert, $d 1988- $e author. 245 10 $a Disappearing act : $b a host of other characters in 16 short stories / $c Robert Sheehan. 264 1 $a Dublin : $b Gill Books, $c 2021. 300 $a xiii, 274 pages ; $c 22 cm 505 00 $t Gerti Cronin: memories of a young guard. $t Funeral -- $t English def -- $t Rose -- $t Skin -- $t Medusa -- $t Snakes -- $t Frayed -- $t Desert donkey legs -- $t Treasure -- $t House in the country -- $t No frills -- $t Scab -- $t Alleyway -- $t Vending machine -- $t We are all alive at the same time hurtling through space -- $t Savador Daly -- $t Gerti Cronin: memories of a young guard. 520 $a In his debut collection of short stories, Robert Sheehan disappears into characters, challenging the complacencies of everyday experience, often from entirely unexpected angles. Informed by the author's peripatetic life, Disappearing Act reflects on the absurdity of human behavior. Sheehan delves deep into his characters' streams of self-talk and self-imposed delusions, and explores the dark impulses that lurk below the shiny surfaces of many outwardly normal lives. Dark, provocative and often humourous, the collection will stay with the reader long after the book is finished. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Short stories. 941 $a 2 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230624010024.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220302015546.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4950F9F499F911ECBB37442E4AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search