Story: ‘Atlantic City’ by Kevin Barry

Kevin Barry is the author of two short story collections, There Are Little Kingdoms (2007), for which he was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and Dark Lies (2012). His story ‘Beer Trip to Llandudno’, from Dark Lies, won the 2012 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. City of Bonhane, his first novel, was published in 2011. He is also a screenwriter, and his plays have been produced in the US and Ireland. He lives in County Sligo.

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Atlantic City

by Kevin Barry

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