WINNER OF THE 2014 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 'One of the best books
of the past decade... The characters are edgy, often violent,
locked into a world described in ways that are both harsh and
tender. . . Adds a sense of myth, even a spiritual aura, to the
narrative that lifts the meanness of the circumstances into some
other realm' Colm Toibin, Washington Post *Winner of the 2014 Frank
O'Connor International Short Story Award *Winner of the 2014 Rooney
Prize for Irish Literature This magnificent collection takes us to
Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the
youth have the run of the place. Boy racers speed down the back
lanes; couples haunt the midnight woods; young skins huddle in the
cold once The Peacock has closed its doors. Here the young live
hard and wear the scars. It matters whose sister you were seen
with. If you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it matters a
very great deal. Colin Barrett's debut does not take us to
Glanbeigh alone; there are other towns, and older characters. But
each story is defined by a youth lived in a crucible of menace and
desire - and each crackles with the uniform energy and force that
distinguish this terrific collection.
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