{"product_id":"after-a-dance-bridget-oconnor-9781035024865","title":"After a Dance: Selected Stories","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 the compiled 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. From unravelling narcissists to melancholy romantics all human life is here - at its best and at its delightful worst.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bridget O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1035024861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781035024865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.28w x 0.41d","brand":"Bridget O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579680014591,"sku":"9781035024865","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4baf064-54fa-41d1-9d32-c34e40e5a451.jpg?v=1763875901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-a-dance-bridget-oconnor-9781035024865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}