The Coming Thing

‘The Coming Thing is a complex book… the heightened brevity of its compressed form hits the reader with the full blast of joy and angst that characterise Imelda’s life as we buzz through the pages high on mad panicked anxiety, vicariously sipping Dubonnet and slugging bottles of Stag and Benylin cough mixture.’

Criticism 23rd July 2024

Clíona Ní Ríordáin

Clíona Ní Ríordáin is a critic and translator. Her most recent translation is 'Francis Bacon's Nanny' by Maylis Besserie, Lilliput Press 2024. She holds the O'Donnell Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.