The Grind

The Grind is set in Dublin’s inner-city, where, drug dealers, gangsters, MMA fighters, Drug addicts are caught up in the violent underworld of northside Dublin, and artists and lovers try to break free from suffering. Stories from the frontlines, stories like no other in modern Irish literature. Sensationalised TV dramas may seem to have cornered the mainstream market for depictions of the Dublin underclass Karl Parkinson writes about. But his collection provides a different window into this world, with stories that portray nihilistic violence and addiction as universal themes, best grasped through visionary poetry and myth. ~~The Stinging Fly