{"product_id":"alan-mcmonagle-ithaca-2017-paperback","title":"Alan McMonagle: Ithaca [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for The Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alan McMonagle possesses a style that is all his own and I found his first novel compelling from start to finish. Read it.' Patrick McCabe, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIthaca\u003c\/i\u003e, the ferociously funny and unbelievably poignant debut novel from Alan McMonagle, combines a fiercely emotional story with crackling prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 2009, and eleven-year-old Jason Lowry is preoccupied with thoughts of the Da he has never known. In the meantime, his vodka-swilling, swings-from-the-hip Ma is busy entertaining her latest boyfriend and indulging her fondness for joyriding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason escapes to the Swamp: a mysteriously rising pool of fetid water on the outskirts of the town. There, he meets the girl, a being as lost as himself. Together, they conjure exotic adventures - from ancient Egypt to the search for Ithaca, home of Odysseus. But what begin as innocent flights of fancy soon become forays into hazardous territory; the girl is a dangerous (and very committed) partner in crime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mcmonagle, Alan","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51404730827091,"sku":"9781509829859","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47984242622803,"sku":"XG81509829859","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mcmonagle-alan-alan-mcmonagle-ithaca-2017-paperback-1178149653.jpg?v=1752577298","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/alan-mcmonagle-ithaca-2017-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}