- Published: 25/01/2018
- ISBN: 9781783783670
- Granta Books
- 368 pages
The Earlie King & the Kid in Yellow
Danny Denton
Ireland is flooded, derelict. It never stops raining. The Kid in Yellow has stolen the babba from the Earlie King. Why? Something to do with the King’s daughter, and a talking statue, something godawful. And from every wall the King’s Eye watches. And yet the city is full of hearts-defiant-sprayed in yellow, the mark of the Kid.
It cannot end well. Can it? Follow the Kid, hear the tale. Roll up! Roll up!
£8.99
A dystopian baroque, postmodern fairy tale, with gangsters, eternal rain and a contested baby... The world that Denton creates is thrillingly realised
Fred Melnyczuk, Financial Times
What a book. Absolutely marvellous
Cillian Murphy
The Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow combines a gritty dystopian Irish gangster saga with a relentlessly inventive exploration of storytelling and myth. Kevin Barry meets Blade Runner meets, dare I say it, Joyce. Pure genius
Best books of 2018 selected by Ruth Gilligan, Irish Independent
Danny Denton on Granta.com
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
The Best Books of 2017: Dogtooth & The Giving Light
Danny Denton
Danny Denton on why Fran Lock’s Dogtooth and Gavin Corbett’s The Giving Light are the best books of 2017.
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Danny Denton | Notes on Craft
Danny Denton
‘My tuppence on craft is this: as a writer, you must give your reader space to experience the world of your story (whatever form it takes)’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Faltering Song
Danny Denton
‘Didn’t we remember lyrics fine before we had the internet in our pockets?’ Danny Denton on the lost art of sing-songing.
