The Cave

by Kevin Barry

Overview

An unforgettable black comedy from one of Ireland's most beloved writers (author of Night Boat to Tangier and City of Bohane).

We were the last two bucks of the McRaes left standin' . . . And the McRae name had gone back for a long time around these hills . . . Oh, for decades and centuries unending, the rain that fell on these hills fell only to spite the McRaes . . .

High in the mountains of south County Sligo, the McRae brothers are sleeping rough. Stuck in a dead zone and running out of road, Archie and Bopper have only each other to rely on as they try to restart their van, their lives and their Wi-Fi connection. And then there's the local police sergeant who is becoming more and more interested in their lives . . .

The Cave was first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in June 2025.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780571399420
Publisher:	Faber and Faber
Publication date:	07/10/2025
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	249 KB

About the Author

Kevin Barry is the author of the novels Beatlebone, City of Bohane and Night Boat to Tangier and the story collections Dark Lies the Island, There Are Little Kingdoms and That Old Country Music. His latest novel The Heart in Winter was published in June 2024. His awards include the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize, as well as being longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019. His stories and essays appear in the New Yorker, Granta and elsewhere. He also works as a playwright and screenwriter, and lives in County Sligo, Ireland.
'Dark Lies The Island' and 'There Are Little Kingdoms' and the novel ' City Of Bohane'. He has been awarded the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and the Authors Club Best First Novel Award, and has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize and the Hughes ### Hughes Irish Novel of the Year. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, and many other journals and anthologies.