An old man looks into the fearful eyes of a burglar left to guard him while his brother is beaten; Donal Ryan's short stories pick up where his acclaimed novels The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December left off, dealing with the human cost of loneliness, isolation and displacement.

An old man looks into the fearful eyes of a burglar left to guard him while his brother is beaten; Donal Ryan's short stories pick up where his acclaimed novels The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December left off, dealing with the human cost of loneliness, isolation and displacement.