Line
by Niall Bourke
Description
An experimental work of speculative fiction, LINE is the story of Willard who, along with his mother and girlfriend Nyla, spend their days in a seemingly endless line (or queue). Survival is dictated by the ultimate imperative: obey the rules, or you will lose your place. Everything changes the day Willard’s mother dies and he learns an uncomfortable truth about the world he thought he knew. He and Nyla set out on a journey that will change their lives for ever. In its Beckettian sparseness, LINE pushes the boundaries of contemporary fiction. At once self-contained and deeply moving, this stunning novel is concerned with contemporary issues such as migration and the refugee crisis, big data and the erosion of democracy, climate change, colonialism, conformity and fanaticism.
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Rights Information
Rights sold: UK, Ireland and Commonwealth Rights sold to Tramp Press, who will publish in April 2021
Rights available: North America, translation rights,
TV/film rights, dramatic rights.
Contact: Brian Langan brian@storylineagency.com or Helen Edwards helen@helenedwardsrights.co.uk
Author Biography
Niall Bourke’s debut novel, LINE, will be published in Ireland and the UK by Tramp Press in spring 2021. His short stories have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Costa Short Story Award, the Hennessey New Irish Writing Award and the ASOL Tom-Gallon Trust Award. Niall graduated from the Goldsmiths University of London’s teacher/writer MA in 2015 with a distinction; his MA thesis, which he worked on with Jack Underwood, later went on to be published as his debut poetry collection, Did You Put the Weasels Out? (2018). His work is also included in Still Worlds Turning, an anthology of new Irish fiction alongside Wendy Erskine, Lucy Caldwell, Joanna Walsh and Jan Carson. He is currently writing his second novel, THE MARKET, a more traditionally structured character-driven murder mystery centred on a food market in Peru. Originally from County Kilkenny, Niall now lives in London where he teaches English.
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Copyright (c) Niall Bourke 2020
Storyline Literary Agency
Based in Ireland, Storyline Literary Agency was set up in 2019 by Brian Langan, a former editor at Penguin Random House, with the aim of disovering and nurturing the very best in new and emerging literary talent, and finding the ideal publishers for our clients. Our primary focus is on literary and genre fiction, and narrative non-fiction. Recent publishing deals include Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy (Bloomsbury, September 2021); Line by Niall Bourke (Tramp Press, spring 2021); and Fallen by Mel O'Doherty (Bluemoose Books, June 2021).
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- Publisher Tramp Press
- Publication Date April 2021
- ISBN/Identifier 9781916291423
- Publication Country or regionIreland
- Pages184
- Publish StatusUnpublished
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