https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/kevin-barry-04-15-24
The protagonist has just ended a summer romance as he takes a ferry to France. The romance ended with cop cars so his escape is a quick one. On the ferry, he meets a teenage girl, wise beyond her years and possibility beyond believability, he alternately is childish for a man of 55. The two bond over a TV show WORLD'S TOUGHEST PRISONS. At the end of the trip they are both uplifted in some -hard to describe- way.
This was another beautifully written story and hearing Barry read it on THE NEW YORKER site is pure joy. Barry has a new novel coming out in July and is the author of THE NIGHT BOAT TO TANGIER. In the link above, he discusses the story.
Here is the storyhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/15/finistere-fiction-kevin-barry
6 comments:
This sounds like a great story, Patii, with a lot of suspense in it.
And also a lot of humor. I should have mentioned that.
Not familiar with the author but I will certainly check this one out.
I have one this week: https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2024/04/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction_30.html
Thanks
I'm reading three collections still:
RAYMOND CHANDLER'S PHILIP MARLOWE (1988) - anthology of new stories
William Maxwell, ALL THE DAYS AND NIGHTS: THE COLLECTED STORIES
Charles Ardai, DEATH COMES TOO LATE
And I have two more in the wings, a collection of Philip K. Dick's stories and the new Crippen & Landru collection of stories by Frances & Richard Lockridge, FLAIR FOR MURDER.
I'll hunt down a copy of "Finistrere."
I will read this story to see if I want to follow up and look for one of his short story collections. We have THE NIGHT BOAT TO TANGIER on our wish list but I could swear that Glen put in on there and he has no memory of it. I looked the book up and I read good things about it, so I will get a copy sometime (book sale or just order it).
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