So Late in the Day is a collection of three of Claire Keegan’s short stories. Unfortunately for me, I had already read one of them, “Antarctica,” in her collection Antarctica. All three stories focus on relationships between men and women.
In “So Late in the Day,” we get to know Cathal. We follow him in the course of what was to be an important day for him, as he considers his relationship with his fiancée, referred to only as “she.”
In “The Long and Painful Death,” an unnamed writer starts a residency in the home once owned by a revered Nobel-Prize-winning author. On her first day, however, she has to deal with a visit from a man who claims he has permission to view the house but turns out to have a different agenda.
The story “Antarctica” was a reread for me. It’s about what happens when a married woman decides one time to have a fling.
As always with Keegan, the stories are written in lucid, precise prose. They reflect a good deal of cynicism about relations between the sexes.
What? Me Read? 
I really must try Claire Keegan one of these days – she gets so much appreciation around the blogosphere.
She’s really good.
She is VERY talented and knows how to evoke a whole lot with few words.
So true!