Small Things Like These Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022

<p> <b>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY</b> <br> <br> <b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> 'TOP 5 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'</b> <br> <br> <b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> AND <i>IRISH TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b> <br> <b>A TOP 5 <i>IRISH TIMES</i> 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY</b> <b> <br> A <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY</b> <br> <br> <br> <b>WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD <br> SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE, THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS</b> <br> <br> <b>'Exquisite.' </b>Damon Galgut <br> <b>'Masterly.' </b> <i>The Times</i> <br> <b>'Miraculous.' </b> <i>Herald</i> <br> <b>'Astonishing.' </b>Colm Tóibín <br> <b>'Stunning.' </b> <i>Sunday Independent</i> <br> <b>'Absolutely beautiful.' </b>Douglas Stuart <br> <br> It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. <br> <br> Claire Keegan's book <i>Small Things Like These</i> was a Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 05-11-2022 <br> <br> ----- <br> <br> <b>Readers love <i>Small Things Like These:</i> </b> <br> <br> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <b>'G</b> <b>ripping and very moving and thought-provoking ... brilliantly done, but also softly and slowly. You'll never regret reading this book, but it will haunt you for ever after.'</b> <br> <br> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <b>'I haven't loved a book for so long. This has changed it. Every word counted. Moral, heartfelt & a beautiful read.'</b> <br> <br> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <b>'This is a beautifully written story, both simple and profound. Set at Christmas, it is, in essence, an exploration of the best and the worst of what it is to be human. A stunning achievement.'</b> <br> <br> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <b>'A remarkable novel - short, succinct, moving. I read it in one sitting early on a Sunday morning before anybody else was up.'</b> <br> <br> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <b> 'This book needs to sit and settle with the reader after it's read. Much lies here within what seems a simple tale. It strikes to the heart.'</b> </p>