[14] It was adapted into a film, Où va la nuit, by French director Martin Provost in 2011.
[20][21] Set in a contemporary, cosmopolitan Dublin,[21] particularly the "underbelly" of the city,[22] it tells the interconnecting stories of six main characters.
Ridgway's short story, 'Goo Book', was published in the April 11, 2011, issue of The New Yorker magazine.
[28] Both these stories later became part[2][29] of Ridgway's third novel, Hawthorn & Child, published by Granta Books in 2012.
[33][34] Set in a hot summer in south London, once again, the novel features multiple interconnecting characters and stories.