An Ageing Nun Is Tracked To Ground By Her Sister; A Garrulous Beautician Must Lay Out The Corpse Of A Loved One. These Are Eloquent Tales Of Exile And Displacement, Of Characters Always In Search Of A Way Back Home Or Of A Way To Leave It. Mischievous, Assured And Versatile, Colum Mccann's Collection Of Short Stories Marks Him Out As One Of Our Best Contemporary Writers.