Characters all but leap off the page with believability in these marvellous stories of life (and death) in Belfast." -The Sunday Times Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life's big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too - private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories - with their wry, self-deprecating humour, their elegance and subtle wisdom - gets to the very heart of life. • Spanning over almost forty years work, this is the first time MacLaverty's stories are collected together | Collected Stories by Bernard Maclaverty, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters