We Used to Dance Here

We Used to Dance Here is a portrait of both Dublin and Dubliners in flux, exploring life on the margins, toxic masculinity and frustrated ambitions. With dog tracks, late-night radio talk shows, pubs, messy break-ups, industrial accidents and the reality of housing precarity, these stories show a darker, edgier side to Dublin and they do so in brilliant, crackling prose.

About the author

DAVE TYNAN is a writer and director from Dublin. He is the director of numerous award-winning short films and one feature. His stories have been published in the Stinging Fly and Winter Papers. We Used to Dance Here is his first book.

Product details

• Authors: Dave Tynan
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 25.11.2025
• EAN: 9781803512464
• ISBN: 978-1-80351-246-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, Short Stories, Urban communities, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary