The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy

In The End of the World is a Cul de Sac the political is intertwined with the personal, as Louise Kennedy reveals how ordinary lives can get caught up in a wider, national drama.Sarah, abandoned by her partner, sits alone in their brand new house.Orla, facing the strange revenge of her husband, is forced to judge a contest in the local fête.Peter raises his daughter in rural seclusion, at what might as well be the end of the world.Louise Kennedy started writing at the age of forty-seven, and her prose is instilled with a clarity and wisdom born of her own experience. This collection announces a major new voice in literary fiction for the twenty-first century.