Foster. London: Faber & Faber, 2010. First Edition, Limited Issue. Pp 89. Quarter cloth, yellow paper boards. Title lettered in silver along spine. Housed in publisher’s slipcase. A fine bright copy.

Limited Edition of Ninety Specially Bound Copies, Signed by the Author.

Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award Claire Keegan’s piercing story centres on nine-year-old Cáit, a shy and withdrawn child who receives scant attention or affection from a family ruled by an uncaring patriarch.

Adapted for the big screen as AN CAILÍN CIÚIN, it was Nominated for an Academy Award in the ‘International Feature Film’ category at the Oscars (2023).