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The Traveller and Other Stories
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A darkly glittering collection of Northern Irish noir by Stuart Neville, Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning author
Since his debut novel, the modern classic The Ghosts of Belfast, was published a decade ago, Stuart Neville has written nine other critically acclaimed novels and achieved international recognition as one of crime fiction’s great living writers.
Now for the first time Neville offers readers a collection of his short fiction—twelve chilling stories that traverse and blend the genres of noir, horror, and speculative fiction, and which bring the history and lore of Neville’s native Northern Ireland to life. The Traveller concludes with the long-awaited eponymous novella, the companion piece to The Ghosts of Belfast and Collusion.
Complete with a foreword from Irish crime fiction legend John Connolly, this volume is the perfect indulgence for fans of ghost stories and noir, and is a must-have for devotees of Neville’s prizewinning Belfast novels.
Since his debut novel, the modern classic The Ghosts of Belfast, was published a decade ago, Stuart Neville has written nine other critically acclaimed novels and achieved international recognition as one of crime fiction’s great living writers.
Now for the first time Neville offers readers a collection of his short fiction—twelve chilling stories that traverse and blend the genres of noir, horror, and speculative fiction, and which bring the history and lore of Neville’s native Northern Ireland to life. The Traveller concludes with the long-awaited eponymous novella, the companion piece to The Ghosts of Belfast and Collusion.
Complete with a foreword from Irish crime fiction legend John Connolly, this volume is the perfect indulgence for fans of ghost stories and noir, and is a must-have for devotees of Neville’s prizewinning Belfast novels.
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“Short stories aren’t my cup of tea. They begin without context and just when I’m getting the hang of the characters and plot, it ends”
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“The Traveller and Other Stories by Stuart Neville is a collection of short stories that center around characters and events from Neville's earlier works, primarily his award winning The Ghosts of Belfast and Collusion. The tales are gritty and thick with noire and horror, a blend that unique and satisfyingly original.
From the Night Hag -
"...Oh God, no, please, not that.
Lips against her ear, a breathy giggle. Fingers creeping to her lips, between, nails scratching at her teeth and gums.
I know what you did.
Catherine screams with every breath, but each one is trapped in her throat, drowned out by the smoke alarm and the voice in her ear.
I know what you did..."
From Faith -
"...The day I lost my belief was the same day Mrs. Garrick asked me to help kill her husband.
Not the same moment, mind. The moment God left me was during my Sunday morning sermon..."
A collection of horror, the supernatural and Irish crime noire, The Traveller and Other Stories is a blend of modern crime and Irish Lore that will leave the reader begging for more of these characters and their lives. There are ghosts and supernatural beings that are real or simply the haunted sub-conscious of the men and women who live with them daily. There is a tale of a father who betrayed the cause and went into hiding, and the son he doesn't remember who goes searching for him with a horribly tragic end. A priest, seduced into adultery and murder; only to find that life and love outside of the cloak of the Church has dire consequences.
Full disclosure, when I picked up this book I thought initially that the author was a different writer whose novels I had read before but haven't in sometime. A happy accident. A very happy accident. How I have been in the dark of Stuart Neville's writing and storytelling when I so love Irish Crime novels is beyond me. Graham Masterton, Adrian McKinty and the Elfen Goddess; Tana French, make room for a new collection of Irish Crime Novels on my bookshelf. Stuart Neville has arrived.
These short stories are terrific and vary so much subject and genre that you would believe you are experiencing the literary equivalent of a bar crawl through Spain in the late afternoon and evening, tasting every offering of tapas you can. In The Traveller and Other Stories you will get your fill and yet wake the next morning, wanting more. The end result of which is now, I have four of Neville's novels on my shelf, waiting to be enjoyed.
I really good read!”
About Stuart Neville
Stuart Neville, the “king of Belfast noir” (The Guardian), is the author of nine novels, for which he has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Dilys, Barry, and Anthony Awards as well as the CWA Steel Dagger. He lives near Belfast.
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