#ArchieGemmill of #NottinghamForest crosses from the left with #TommyLangley, #ColinBarrett and #RayWilkins watching behind him.

#ChelseaFC v #NFFC (1977/78).
#KenSwain comes forward with the ball with #ColinBarrett (3) of Nottingham Forest defending.

#ArchieGemmill of #NottinghamForest passes the ball under pressure from #ChelseaFC player #TommyLangley. Watching on are #PeterWithe #ColinBarrett (3) and #KenSwain (10).

Quite late to this (came out nearly two years ago) - but my God, what a stunner. Not a loose sentence, smilies that snap like fresh elastic, dialogue that would please Elmore Leonard. The equal to Kevin Barry.
Funny, moving, characters I cared about. I could see a sequel.
#ColinBarrett
#WildHouses

Colin Barrett: ‘My wife is astonished that I’m able to write’ The award-winning author on his move from short stories to novels, writing marginal characters in small-town Mayo and the Irish fiction he rates most

#colinbarrett #contemporaryirishwriters #contemporaryirishwriting

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Highly Recommended!I Now on to Barrett‘s short stories.

“Nicky was not a person who needed to imprint herself domestically, to season a space with expressions of personality.”

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