Dust and Other Stories – Paul Rooney

Softback

248 pages

Akerman Daly / Aye-Aye Books

ISBN:‎ 9780955654053

Artist, writer and musician Paul Rooney's stories take us away from the crowd to abandoned people, places and mythologies. In this collection we mine unregarded moments and find complex histories, all uncovered with writing that bristles with absurdity and intelligence, artifice and humour. I Can Travel Far From Here implores us to join a wayward evangelical mission. In Lost High Street a tourist realises he is trapped forever on a sightseeing bus as punishment for an act of espionage. And in Thin Air a student believes a University building is speaking to him about European wars and revolutions.

The 19 stories in this anthology are edited by Jeremy Akerman and Eileen Daly.