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Topographia Hibernica

By: Blindboy Boatclub
Narrated by: Blindboy Boatclub
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The short-story collection from Irish bestselling author, musician and comedian Blindboy Boatclub.

You don't fully appreciate how large a donkey's head is until it's beside you in a Fiat Punto. The view in my mirror was furry and violent. I was driving blind.

Driving with a donkey stuffed in the back seat; jackdaws pecking brains out through the roof of a confessional box; cat piss and astronauts. This is the world not as you see it, but as it is, twisted from the maverick mind of Blindboy Boatclub.

These are stories of the strange unsettlings in the souls of men caught in between the past and the possible; stories of heart-blinding rage and disquieting compassion.

Taking its title from a twelfth-century English manuscript of the same name, which dehumanised the people and culture of Ireland to facilitate domination, Topographia Hibernica is a collection that unravels the knotted threads of humanity, nature and colonisation from a contemporary Irish perspective.

Called 'one of the most gifted writers of his generation' by the Irish Times, Blindboy Boatclub is the essential voice for the Irish condition in the twenty-first century. Topographia Hibernica is his unmissable short-story collection.

©2023 Blindboy Boatclub (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction LGBTQ+ Studies Literature & Fiction Short Stories Comedy Funny Heartfelt Feel-Good Scary Thought-Provoking Witty
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Blind Boy at his brilliant, eloquent best. A vivid imagination and mischievous vocabulary. This collection of short stories is grotesque, moving, surprising, funny, challenging, and always original.

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Blindboy is original. That’s not a easy thing to be. You feel the weight of the inside thoughts finally arranged into a suitable structure and the world is the better for it. His work lingers in your brain and just like Bosch, the more you look the more you see. I’m so excited for his future works.

I may have been possessed by a jacket

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Our lad Blindboy has really outdone himself with his piece of work. every moment of every story is captivating and oozing with an originality that could only come from the mind of Blindboy and is accompanied by atmospheric music that completes the scene and enables the right headspace to get lost in. if you are a long time fan of him or not, I cannot reccomend this audio book enough.

get comfortable, put on some headphones and close your eyes. You're in for a real treat

The best and most original short stories I have ever heard!

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Loved chapter 7 Barcelona.
Being neurodivergent it made me feel
Comfortable with my thoughts and anxiety- nailed it boy, nailed it!

Gym etiquette

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I've listened to everything this man has to offer. The Gospel according to Blindboy isn't on here (yet). His podcast is a pleasure to listen to and I'm excited every Wednesday to listen to an interview or phone call Blindboy's contribution to audio-media and literature makes me very happily informed that I don't need TV or to read the news. This man is my Gortex wearing hero who speaks as he finds and manages to uncover food correlation(s) with historic fact. The IRA and digestive biscuits is uncanny, who'd have known aye ?!!

nothing short of brilliant

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