{"product_id":"homesickness","title":"Colin Barrett: Homesickness [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 'mesmerisingly powerful' (Sally Rooney) second book from the author of critical smash \u003ci\u003eYoung Skins\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Guardian First Book Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA quiet night in the neighbourhood pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive. A funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts won't settle. A shooting sees an everyday call-out lead a policewoman to confront the banality of her own existence. In eight stories, Colin Barrett takes us to the barren backwaters of County Mayo, via Canada, and - with an eye for the abrupt and absurd - illuminates the lives of outcasts, misfits and malcontents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the best story writers in the English language today' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Superb... There is so much life in these pages' DOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fierce, tender...unforgettable' BRANDON TAYLOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Addictive, stylish and violently funny... Outstanding' KEVIN BARRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barrett, Colin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46499618619731,"sku":"9781529115703","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":54441017639251,"sku":"XG81529115703","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/barrett-colin-colin-barrett-homesickness-2023-paperback-9781529115703-59317104410963.jpg?v=1785428154","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/homesickness","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}