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Wild Houses
Colin Barrett
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Description for Wild Houses
Paperback.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD 2024**
‘Beautiful…brings to life an entire world’ SALLY ROONEY
‘Sublime… A thrillingly moreish novel’ SUNDAY TIMES
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It’s the biggest weekend of the year and everything is about to change – the thrilling debut novel from the prize-winning author.
In Ballina, the simmering feud between small-time drug-dealer Cillian English and County Mayo’s enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum. Soon the reclusive Dev and Cillian’s teenage brother Doll are drawn headlong into the Ferdias’ revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, Doll’s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224101660
SKU
9780224101660
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-9
About Colin Barrett
Colin Barrett grew up in County Mayo, Ireland. His stories have been published in the Stinging Fly, Granta, Harper's and the New Yorker. His first book, the short story collection Young Skins, won the Guardian First Book Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His second collection, Homesickness, made the New York ... Read more
Reviews for Wild Houses
Sublime… Wild Houses is a thrillingly moreish novel with some of the sharpest dialogue I’ve read in any recent debut and characters who held me captive until the very last page
Sunday Times
A delicate and beautiful book about the lives of lonely people... Page after faultless page, Wild Houses is a sheer joy to read... Colin Barrett's ... Read more
Sunday Times
A delicate and beautiful book about the lives of lonely people... Page after faultless page, Wild Houses is a sheer joy to read... Colin Barrett's ... Read more