Disappearing Act: A Host of Other Characters in 16 Short Stories

Disappearing Act: A Host of Other Characters in 16 Short Stories

by Robert Sheehan
Disappearing Act: A Host of Other Characters in 16 Short Stories

Disappearing Act: A Host of Other Characters in 16 Short Stories

by Robert Sheehan

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Overview

Robert Sheehan is one of Ireland’s brightest stars of the screen, both at home and abroad. Best known for his roles in Love/Hate and The Umbrella Academy, Sheehan has received widespread critical acclaim for his acting talent.

In his debut collection of short stories, he disappears into characters, challenging the complacencies of everyday experience, often from entirely unexpected angles.

Surreal, intelligent, dark, and provocative, the collection presents a multitude of observations that will stay with the reader long after the book is finished.

Informed by the author’s peripatetic life, Disappearing Act reflects on the absurdity of human behavior. Sheehan delves deep into his characters’ streams of self-talk and self-imposed delusions, and explores the dark impulses that lurk below the shiny surfaces of many outwardly normal lives.

"A whacked-out, kaleidoscopic miasma of delightful abandon and fun." - Patrick McCabe

Warning: Contains Adult Content

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780717189700
Publisher: Gill Books
Publication date: 12/03/2021
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 405,543
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Robert Sheehan is one of Ireland’s most successful acting exports. Although best known in Ireland for his starring role in RTÉ’s now-iconic crime series Love/Hate, his global profile has skyrocketed due to the extraordinary success of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy. 'Disappearing Act' is his literary debut.
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