- Published: 2 January 2014
- ISBN: 9781448154043
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
The Thing About December
- Published: 2 January 2014
- ISBN: 9781448154043
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
Painfully moving ... Ryan’s work has set a benchmark to which other writers will aspire.
John Boyne, The Irish Times
Ryan is a remarkably good chronicler of contemporary Irish life
Irish Independent
Compelling and heartbreaking . . beautiful, yet simple and utterly convincing
The Sunday Times
Ryan holds you to the page by the sheer force of his language ... If you’re interested in the state of Irish fiction now, pick up a copy of this book.
Nadine O'Regan, Sunday Business Post
Powerful . . . Ryan is clearly committed to his subject and possesses the insight and empathy to illuminate the heart of the matter.
Claire Kilroy, Financial Times
Displaying again his exceptional gift for pinning a voice to the page, Ryan transforms Johnsey’s self-torturing internal soundtrack into something that’ll have you alternately cringing, cheering and laughing.
Daily Mail
A powerful and touching meditation on loneliness and isolation . . . Ryan continues to establish himself as an important voice in recording contemporary Ireland.
Daily Telegraph
Cements Ryan as the sharpest chronicler of modern Irish life
Esquire
His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show, and he writes with a social accuracy that is devastating
Anne Enright
Powerful writing that certainly cements Ryan’s status as the newly crowned king of what the Irish Times has dubbed "recession lit".
The Sunday Times
Clear-eyed and moving.
Belinda McKeon, Irish Independent
Ryan’s urgent, poetic prose captures the internal distress of his main character with forensic intensity. . . . a testament to this brightest of new writing talents. . . . Ryan has risen to the challenge of his second novel admirably. Recommended.
The Independent
A force of nature ... a life-enhancing talent
Sebastian Barry