I recently finished reading this book, and I recommend it highly; I wasn't aware of just how talented a novelist he is. I guess the late, great Angela Carter saw something in him that led to their cooperation on
The Company of Wolves
.
If you've read the Booker Prize winning novel
The Sea
by fellow Irishman John Banville, then you'd be right at home with this.
I'd like to echo the sentiments of the
Irish Times
on the blurb for
Shade
:
'So good it leaves one wondering why he bothers making movies'
.

it is very good, read also night in tunisia, it's a wonderful collection of short stories.
he's a very good writer.