Phantom Gang by Ciarán O’Rourke Seren but with the unique perspective

but with the unique perspective of a brilliant new female voice

She also writes about ordinary matters

a ‘Mary Sue’ is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a female archetype that can infuriate audiences for its perceived narcissism

Winner of the T S Eliot Prize 2020

Phantom Gang by Ciarán O’Rourke Seren but with the unique perspectiveWith lyric grace and meditative clarity, Phantom Gang offers a daring dissection of civilizational violence in a variety of contexts from the intimate atavisms and inequalities of Irish history to the insidious growth of the global Big Tech economy in the present day alongside deep, sensually delicate explorations of broken love and salvaged memories. Honouring the work of a range of writers and photographers, including John Clare (1793 1864), Martn