Colum McCann conjures a hugely inventive debut

Observer

McCann writes intense, gripping prose full of sharp and telling details. He can draw a complete psychological portrait from the most minor situations … Songdogs is an exciting book, because it vibrates with the energy of a new writer finding his voice

Times Literary Supplement

A true work of art

Sunday Tribune

Potent, sometimes astonishing, fuelled by a unique descriptive vision – the simplicity and power of the final two pages of Songdogs form one of the most technically and lyrically accomplished conclusions to a novel, debut or otherwise, I have ever read

Sunday Independent

Songdogs is an event in Irish writing

Irish Independent

An arresting new voice from out of Ireland, at once deep and dazzling

Edna O'Brien