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    "description": "<p>Since the publication of <i>Secrets and Other Stories</i> in 1977, Bernard MacLaverty has been celebrated as one of the finest living short-story writers. Writing in the <i>New York Times</i>, William Boyd summoned the shades of Yeats, Joyce and Flann O'Brien, insisting that \u2018MacLaverty sits perfectly comfortably\u2019 in their company. The <i>Guardian </i>simply said \u2018MacLaverty is a master.\u2019</p><p>Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life\u2019s big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too \u2013 private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. A writer of great compassion, insight and humanity, MacLaverty surprises us time and again with the sensitivity of his ear, the accuracy of his eye. Each of these extraordinary stories \u2013 with their wry, self-deprecating humour, their elegance and subtle wisdom \u2013 gets to the very heart of life.<br /><i></i><br /><i>The Collected Short Stories</i> includes most of <i>Secrets, A Time to Dance, The Great Profundo, Walking the Dog</i> and <i>Matters of Life & Death</i>.</p>",
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