Copyright © 2007 by Kevin Barry
First published by The Stinging Fly Press, Dublin, Ireland.
Earlier versions of some of these stories appeared in the Adirondack Review, the Dublin Revew, the Stinging Fly, Phoenix Best Irish Stories 2001 (ed. David Marcus), and These Are Our Lives (ed. Declan Meade). “See The Tree, How Big It’s Grown” was shortlisted for the Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award in 2004.
This publication is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota. Significant support has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts; Target; the McKnight Foundation; and other generous contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals. To these organizations and individuals we offer our heartfelt thanks.
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First Graywolf Edition, 2012