A widow spends weeks haunting a cemetery, desperate to track down an unknown woman who keeps leaving flowers on her husband's grave; A daughter searches a foreign city for her father, trying to understand why he disappeared forty-five years ago; A former gay lover of Roger Casement stands among the crowds at his state funeral in 1965, paying silent homage to the closeted world they were forced to inhabit at the dawning of the Irish State. A writer at a book launch comes face to face with the person secretly responsible for his success.

In his first collection of short stories, Dermot Bolger peers under the veneer of our lives, exploring the secrets that bind families together, or tear them apart, creating worlds where people find that nothing is truly certain. There are always truths just beyond reach that would make sense of their lives, if they only know how to unlock them.

About the Author

Born in Finglas, North Dublin, in 1959, Dermot Bolger is one of Ireland's best-known writers across a range of genres. His fourteen novels include The Journey Home, The Family on Paradise Pier, New Town Soul, Tanglewood and The Lonely Sea and Sky. He is also an accomplished playwright and poet, with his most recent play, Last Orders At The Dockside, having a hugely successful sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre in 2019.

Reviews

"Bolger writes with great intuition about the secrets and lies that circulate beneath the surface of our everyday lives."

-- Leagues O'Toole * Sunday Business Post Magazine *

"Dermot Bolger's new short story collection deals imaginatively with themes such as the fallibility of memory and the explosive ramifications of long-held, deeply buried secrets."

-- Aoife O'Regan * rte.ie *

"Secrets Never Told is a taut collection of stories delivered with precision and poise."

-- Dani Gill * Irish Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781848407701
Author Dermot Bolger
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint New Island Books
Publisher New Island Books
Weight(grams) 300g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 135mm * 21mm