Since her debut novel 'The Country Girls', Edna O'Brien has written over twenty works of fiction along with biographies of James Joyce and Lord Byron. 'Saints and Sinners' is her new collection of stories, and here is Edna reading an extract from the first story in the book, 'Shovel Kings'.

Shovel Kings read by Edna O'Brien

Faber and Faber is one of the great independent publishing houses in London. We were established in 1929 by Geoffrey Faber and our first editor was T. S. Eliot. We are proud to publish prize-winning fiction and non-fiction, as well as an unrivalled list of modern poets and playwrights. Among our list of writers we have five Booker Prize winners and twelve Nobel Laureates, and we continue to seek out the most exciting and innovative writers at work today.

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Shovel Kings read by Edna O'Brien

Shovel Kings read by Edna O'Brien