The Burning Ground

Adam O’Riordan Bloomsbury €10.13 In this superbly written collection of short stories, the English poet Adam O’Riordan observes West Coast America with an outsider’s sharp eye. The stories range in tone from the intimate and modern, to a raw and pulverising slice of classic noir. O’Riordan has the gift of being able to distil whole lives into telling scenes and moments.