So Late in the Day

So Late in the Day

2022 • 50 pages

Ratings38

Average rating3.9

15

After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabrine, with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude - and the true significance of this particular date is revealed.

From one of the finest writes working today, Keegan's new story asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between man and women.


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Claire Keegan writes prose as beautiful as anyone writing at the moment. Like her previous short stories, So Late in the Day deals with dark issues - misogyny - in a revelatory and poetic manner.

January 31, 2024

4.5

April 25, 2024

Low-key some moments were relatable in an unironic manner, but fuck him and good for her

January 6, 2024