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Wild Houses
One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024
Taschenbuch von Colin Barrett
Sprache: Englisch

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**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 girlfriend Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save him.

Life in this ordinary town will never be the same again...

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST
SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR
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'A whole world is captured for the reader' COLM TÓIBÍN
'As sharp, funny and bitingly bittersweet as life' BOOKER JUDGES, 2024
'A gift of true storytelling' ANNE ENRIGHT
'A heartbreaker of a debut' NEW YORK TIMES

**A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER AND DAZED DIGITAL**

**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
*
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 girlfriend Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save him.

Life in this ordinary town will never be the same again...

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST
SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR
*
'A whole world is captured for the reader' COLM TÓIBÍN
'As sharp, funny and bitingly bittersweet as life' BOOKER JUDGES, 2024
'A gift of true storytelling' ANNE ENRIGHT
'A heartbreaker of a debut' NEW YORK TIMES

**A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER AND DAZED DIGITAL**

Über den Autor
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 Times 100 Notable Books of the Year and was a Book of the Year in Oprah Daily and the Irish Times.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 260 S.
ISBN-13: 9780224101660
ISBN-10: 0224101668
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Barrett, Colin
Hersteller: Random House UK Ltd
Jonathan Cape
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 217 x 133 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Colin Barrett
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.01.2024
Gewicht: 0,284 kg
Artikel-ID: 127491421
Über den Autor
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 Times 100 Notable Books of the Year and was a Book of the Year in Oprah Daily and the Irish Times.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 260 S.
ISBN-13: 9780224101660
ISBN-10: 0224101668
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Barrett, Colin
Hersteller: Random House UK Ltd
Jonathan Cape
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 217 x 133 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Colin Barrett
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.01.2024
Gewicht: 0,284 kg
Artikel-ID: 127491421
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