«Dublin Tales is home to a wide range of historical and present-day perspectives on the place...Eve Patten and Paul Delaney...navigate in a beautifully written introduction an awareness of the kitschy use of fictional landmarks for attracting visitors, while producing a real map of Dublin as a literary metropolis.»

Catherine Toal, Irish Times

«Dublin's many faces brought to life in eclectic collection of stories...Delaney and Patten's clear vision and painstaking selection of work creates a Janus-faced Dublin, sometimes wayward and sometimes constant, occasionally brutal and occasionally compassionate, above all capable of flicking from the familiar to the terrifying in a heartbeat.»

Martina Devlin, Irish Independent

«An engrossing, often moving, and very powerful anthology which really gets to the heart of its subject. I've enjoyed all of the 'Tales' collection from OUP, and this is a worthy addition - highly recommended!»

Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings

«A curated anthology of short fiction celebrates the city of Dublin as literary setting and muse.»

The Booklist

«An attractive and useful book... a lot of pleasure to be had here.»

Shiny New Books

«Most of the stories in Dublin Tales show off Irish literature at its best: overflowing with feeling, humor, and insight... an excellent primer on where Dublin (and Irish literature) have been, and where they're going.»

Ho Lin, New York Journal of Books