Review 'A bare, lyrical story of a Dublin childhood that will rank among the very best of Irish books this year. It's not easy to make writing seem this simple. Like all good stories, it never judges itself, and so it remains open, charming, dignified, even when the subject matter drifts towards the harrowing. A really fine book, evocative of a not-so-distant past.' Colum McCann. 'Christine Dwyer Hickey's fourth novel, Tatty, beautiful and heartbreaking, confirms that her skills are perfected, and her exceptional talent is far from exhausted.' Sunday Independent. --The Sunday Independent About the Author Christine Dwyer Hickey is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer. Twice winner of the Listowel Writers Week short-story competition, she was also a prize-winner in the prestigious Observer/ Penguin short-story competition. Her best-selling novel Tatty was short-listed for the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award and long-listed for the Orange Prize. A screenplay, No Better Man, has been adapted for television. New Island has recently re-issued her Dublin Trilogy, The Dancer, The Gambler and The Gatemaker to critical acclaim.
