{"product_id":"after-a-dance","title":"After a Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'These are some of the wildest, arresting, just plain brilliant short stories I've read in a long time.' - Roddy Doyle, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a Dance is a collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, with an exclusive preface from the author's daughter, Constance Straughan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBridget O'Connor was one of the great short story writers of her generation. She had a voice that was viscerally funny and an eye for both the glaring reality and the absurdity of the everyday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfter A Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet a selection of O'Connor's most memorable characters often living on the margin of their own lives: from the anonymous thief set on an unusual prize to the hungover best man clinging to what he's lost, to the unrepentant gold-digger who always comes out on top. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom unravelling narcissists to melancholy romantics all human life is here - at its best and at its delightful worst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Think Irvine Welsh meets Edna O'Brien . . . pure, delicious naughty fun' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Picador UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53020462252352,"sku":"9781035024865","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/8912\/3648\/files\/imageloader_433a412e-cce0-4f9e-b333-f3f8ee8a6d0f.jpg?v=1786630069","url":"https:\/\/silverstreetbooks.com\/products\/after-a-dance","provider":"silverstreetbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}