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By Louise Kennedy
Bloomsbury, £14.99
Louise Kennedy’s outstanding debut collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, contains 15 stories, each a scrupulously worked dark gem. She is a storyteller of stunning gifts and immense authority. This is writing that makes Francis Bacon at his bleakest seem like Mary Poppins. I am haunted by these unforgettable short stories and believed every single line of every one of them. Louise Kennedy is a very major talent.