Roddy Doyle used to be a favorite author of mine, back in the days, when he wrote the Barrytown Trilogy and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
He‘s written this short story collection in 2020 and connections to the pandemic are unavoidable.
The Charger, the longest one, is my favorite. It‘s a story about the lockdown and how it could be so cozy at times and frustrating, lonely and frightening at others. It all came back to me while reading this.