FISHING THE SLOE BLACK RIVER: Stories - Softcover

"A gifted and determined stylist, Colum McCann seems to have taken a vow never to write a dull line." --The New York Times Book Review

"Rich, powerful stories that place McCann at the front ranks of contemporary Irish writers." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Beautiful...These well-made stories, written with fierce beauty, are sure of their effect and power." --The Washington Post Book World

"There is magic in this McCann, and he brings to each page a special sorcery with the voices he conjures....No one can read through and not emerge feeling changed, somehow ennobled by it." --The Baltimore Sun