Twelve kinds of taste
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It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
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Prestige, contemplative, bleak and intimate.
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Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer known for her short stories, which have been published in *The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Granta,* and *The Paris Review.* She is also known for her novellas, two of which, *Foster* and *Small Things Like These,* have been adapted as films.
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