{"product_id":"9781529115703","title":"Homesickness","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Barrett, Colin \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/05\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529115703,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A mesmerisingly powerful book’ SALLY ROONEYIlluminating the lives of outcasts, misfits and malcontents, this is the darkly funny and moving second book from the award-winning author of Young Skins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new collection of stories, Colin Barrett takes us to the barren backwaters of County Mayo, via Canada – always with an eye for the abrupt and absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Superb... There is so much life in these pages' DOUGLAS STUART'Fierce, tender...unforgettable' BRANDON TAYLOR'Addictive, stylish and violently funny... Outstanding' KEVIN BARRY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57124607656309,"sku":"9781529115703","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529115703.jpg?v=1777799511","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529115703","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}