“Nothing coming” was a game David Dowling used to play with his brother on the beach in Rosslare. They’d lie on their bellies on the wet sand with their heads facing the beach and their feet just out of reach of the water. Then they would close their eyes and chant, “nothing coming, nothing coming, nothing coming” until a big wave came and crashed over them. The shock of it was always brand new. The shock of unseen and unanticipated events is at the core of Kathleen MacMahon’s third novel.

Source: The Irish Times July 31, 2020 04:52 UTC