Show Them a Good Time- Nicole Flattery

‘A young, broke Irish woman narrates her realationship with a sucessful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their automy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead-end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.’

A collection of razor-sharp, almost pencil portrait-esque, stories exploring the roles, types and meaning of men and women in modern society. Not for the faint hearted- they are sharp, sad, funny and almost cruel at times but a superb read and the arrival of a amazing new voice in fiction.