Fiche

Fiche: 200 pp; paperback; 978-1-913814-64-9

In the summer of 1969, on the beaches of west Cork. three young people are brought together, three people whose lives are fundamentally changed when a fourth person, the grandson of the General, joins them. Ten years later, the story ends with the General on his deathbed. This is a story of love and tragedy set in a parallel world, not very different to our own.

Winner of the 2024 Oireachtas Prize

“Here is a skilled novelist, who knows how to arouse curiosity and draw a reader into a story.” —Róisín Ní Gharbhí

“This is a lovely story, a story of love and relationships, set in an Ireland that is a little different from the country we are used to.”  —Liam Mac Cóil

A love story set in a slightly different Ireland

Colm Ó Ceallacháin lives in Cork. Two collections of short stories with him have been published, I d’Tír Mílis na mBeo (2017) and Ré na Fathach (2021). He has won Oireachtas awards, as well as awards from the Arts Council. Fiche is his first novel.

Read an excerpt from the novel.