Author
Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan is the Irish novelist behind Antarctica (1999), Walk the Blue Fields (2007), Foster (2010), Small Things Like These (2021, Booker Prize shortlist), and So Late in the Day (2023). Keegan is one of the canonical contemporary Irish short-form literary novelists of her generation.
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2
Books on file
2
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Years active
2010-2021
Reviewed
Our reviews of Claire Keegan's work
Foster
by Claire Keegan
Foster by Claire Keegan 2010 review. A young Irish girl is sent for a summer to relatives in rural County Wexford. Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize winner.
Small Things Like These
by Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 2021 review. A 1985 Irish coal merchant discovers what's happening at the local Magdalene laundry. Booker Prize shortlist.
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What we have said about Claire Keegan
Foster by Claire Keegan 2010 review. A young Irish girl is sent for a summer to relatives in rural County Wexford. Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize winner.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 2021 review. A 1985 Irish coal merchant discovers what's happening at the local Magdalene laundry. Booker Prize shortlist.