Pure Gold

One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People `Remarkable, rare and truly brilliant' MEGAN NOLAN, author of Acts of Desperation `Dark, funny, honest and engrossing' RODDY DOYLE, author of Love `Refreshing and ambitious' LISA MCINERNEY, author of The Rules of Revelation On an island off Ireland's west coast strange things are afoot: two teenage boys set fires while their worlds fall apart, a couple drive out to the hills in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, a widow seeks a stranger's help to bury her grief and a horse crashes a house party. Adrift in the treacherous waters of small-town boredom, the residents reach out with love and cruelty, desperation and hope, in their pursuit of connection. Pure Gold is a bitterly funny, surprising and profoundly moving short story collection that crackles with the thrilling energy of a bold new literary voice, John Patrick McHugh. `Full of stylish brio' Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins `Hilarious, shocking, and disturbingly well-observed' Vanity Fair `Searing . John Patrick McHugh joins an illustrious generation of talented writers' Irish Times `Savagely funny' Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time `Refreshing and ambitious' Lisa McInerney, author of The Blood Miracles