{"product_id":"9780224099851","title":"Wild Houses : One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Barrett, Colin \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 25\/01\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780224099851,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024**A small-town feud. A madcap kidnapping. A wild weekend to change everybody’s lives...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Strange and beautiful... A book to live inside'SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People'A gift of true storytelling... Barrett's talent burns up the page' ANNE ENRIGHT, author of The Wren, The Wren'A wonder... A tale for the ages'JON MCGREGOR, author of Reservoir 13As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night he finds Doll - Cillian's teenage brother - in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins and goaded by his dead mother's dog, Dev is drawn headlong into the Ferdias' revenge fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nicky can't shake the feeling something bad has happened to her boyfriend Doll. Hungover, reeling from a fractious Friday night and plagued by ghosts of her own, Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42481930698796,"sku":"9780224099851","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9780224099851.jpg?v=1706136637","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780224099851","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}