{"product_id":"an-arrow-in-flight-selected-and-introduced-by-colm-toibin","title":"An Arrow in Flight: Selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Lavin is the great unsung voice of Irish fiction. Here are her very best, most electric stories: illuminating, moving, arrows in flight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY COLM TÓIBÍN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mary Lavin's stories feature ordinary people in the tight confines of ordinary life. From rural Ireland and the streets of Dublin they charm, irritate and intrigue in complicated brilliance, appearing to us with unique freshness. Good friendships, bad deeds, frustrations, missteps, hope and laughter are all found in captivating stories where real and astonishing things happen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Few women were so consistently published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and yet today Lavin's work is largely unpublished and overlooked. This collection re-establishes her as one of the most genius, irresistible and memorable voices of the last century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY COLM TOÍBÍN\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'She is, to come right out with it, magnificent' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Mary Lavin's stories are a delight. They are delicate, but not too delicate to carry tragedy on one shoulder and comedy on the other' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Lavin writes like a dream' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781529956481\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lavin, Mary","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £6.34","offer_id":48001186988209,"sku":"SB-152995648X-C4","price":6.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-arrow-in-flight-selected-and-introduced-by-colm-toibin","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}