t o d d w a r n e r reviewed So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Keegan and characters
4 stars
Keegan can do a character study like no other.
English language
Published Feb. 23, 2023 by Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated.
4 stars
(2 reviews)
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude - and the true significance of this particular date is revealed.
From one of the finest writers working today, Keegan's new story asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between men and women.
raveller@outside.ofa.dog reviewed So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Surgically removing misogyny
4 stars
The stories are stunning. So precise, with beautiful explorations of small moments that at first seem indulgent but you soon realize are essential. All of it adds up to Keegan surgically outlining the cancer of misogyny in Irish society. But surgery is bloody, and I wish it was more clear that the third story is horror.