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Driven hypnotically forward by a powerful, deeply felt narrative force, the stories in this debut collection pull off that rare trick of captivating the reader, while twisting the form into truly new shapes. With an imagist's flair for photographic observation and unsettling, often startling, emotional landscapes, Darker With the Lights On introduces a mesmeric new literary talent with seismic potential.
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"Quietly innovative, subtle of tone, full of feeling-this is a superb debut"
Kevin Barry, author of City of Bohane
"One of the most startlingly brilliant and original debuts I've ever read. Hayden is one hell of a talent."
David Collard
"It's an open secret that David Hayden is one of the most interesting short story writers around. Why it's taken this long for his first collection to be published is beyond me but I, along with anyone with even the vaguest interest in looking at modernism anew, will be queuing up for a copy."
Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing