Colin Walsh was due to begin a PhD in the United States. Then he decided he would rather become a writer. His debut novel is about to hit the shelves
, which The Irish Times had published in 2018. He wasn’t writing short stories as if they were some sort of apprenticeship, yet a novel was already floating around his head. Fast-forward a couple of years – and a six-way publishing auction – and his debut, Kala, is hitting the shelves.
Dudley, the local guard, describes the last sighting of Kala in practical terms. “She was still in her school uniform. She had her bag with the Rage Against the Machine logo on it. She was caught on CCTV walking over Toner’s Bridge, out of town. There were several sightings of her talking to someone in a Hyundai. She never came home. A long search, everywhere. No body, or evidence of foul play, is found. The investigation slowly winds down.
‘It’s almost like you’re approaching an animal quietly from the side and hoping that you’re not going to startle it’
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