The Lonely VoiceFrank OConnor was one of the twentieth centurys greatest short story writers, and one of Irelands greatest authors. Lilliput Press are now delighted to continue our publishing of OConnors writing by bringing his seminal work on the art of the short story back into print. The Lonely Voice is the definitive work of Irish non fiction on the art of writing short fiction, and has long been held up as one of the greatest works in global literature on the

the ease of its storytelling

fuelled by drugs and dark fantasies

Over the period of a year Gavin Quinn visited the private homes of 100 actors and asked them to try and answer the question: Why do you think you became an actor

an erotic illustrator

She describes a rural society that

and the confusion of men who

find themselves in leafy Dublin 4

Hans Walter Gabler

he would eventually return to Ireland

Heaney: Fictional Worlds

roles and rituals lent shape to what became known as the Viceregal Court

Dylan Thomas to Anthony Burgess