A gritty, modern Romeo and Juliet told by a compelling and original voice
Independent
Astonishing. Inventive. Playful. Unique. A novel to savour. Ciarán Collins is the real deal
Colum McCann
An unforgettable narrator
John Boyne
He is a tremendous storyteller … He exists somewhere in a literary territory between Patrick McCabe and Roddy Doyle ... Read more… A cracking debut, as moving as it is entertaining
New York Times
I can’t remember the last time a book made me honk with laughter, only to force me to get off the tube early with tears streaming down my face fifty pages later
Evie Wyld, Flavorwire
A magnificent literary debut … By a writer of extraordinary talent
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
He is a tremendous storyteller ... The Gamal sprawls to more than 450 pages, but the unflagging ingenuity of Ciarán Collins’s writing justifies its length. He exists somewhere in a literary territory between Patrick McCabe and Roddy Doyle, but he is very much his own man and this is a cracking debut, as moving as it is entertaining
Independent on Sunday
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