With his critically acclaimed fiction, author Colm ToIbIn has drawn favorable comparisons to Raymond Carver. Hailed as "the work of a supreme writer who only improves" (Times, UK), The Empty Family is a stunning short story collection that is "always intensely interesting and sometimes profoundly provocative" (Irish Independent). ". reconfirms his mastery of the short story . Likely to rank with the best story collections of the year."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review