Larks' Eggs Book cover type:Paperback I strayed instead into the

I strayed instead into the foothills of anthropology

’ Doireann Ní Ghríofa

landlord-eccentric

collect newly minted shards of experience focused on the lives of the dreamers and marginalized who populate his imagined worlds

Larks' Eggs Book cover type:Paperback I strayed instead into theDesmond Hogan is one of most remarkable literary talents to have come out of Ireland in the past half century. Larks Eggs affirms that stature. Here, with twenty two classic stories taken from earlier collections and twelve fresh narratives, Hogan displays anew his lyricism, compassion and sheer prismatic brilliance. His subject is exile and self image, explored through isolates and eccentrics, brittle lives trapped by poverty, personal histories and