9780224101677-0224101676-Young Skins

Young Skins

ISBN-13: 9780224101677
ISBN-10: 0224101676
Author: Colin Barrett
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Format: Hardcover 192 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780224101677
ISBN-10: 0224101676
Author: Colin Barrett
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Format: Hardcover 192 pages

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Young Skins (ISBN-13: 9780224101677 and ISBN-10: 0224101676), written by authors Colin Barrett, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Young Skins (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.01.

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A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 HonoreeWinner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureEnter the small, rural town of Glanbeigh, a place whose fate took a downturn with the Celtic Tiger, a desolate spot where buffoonery and tension simmer and erupt, and booze-sodden boredom fills the corners of every pub and nightclub. Here, and in the towns beyond, the young live hard and wear the scars. Amongst them, there’s jilted Jimmy, whose best friend Tug is the terror of the town and Jimmy’s sole company in his search for the missing Clancy kid; Bat, a lovesick soul with a face like a bowl of mashed up spuds” even before Nubbin Tansey’s boot kicked it in; and Arm, a young and desperate criminal whose destiny is shaped when he and his partner, Dympna, fail to carry out a job. In each story, a local voice delineates the grittiness of post boom Irish society. These are unforgettable characters rendered through silence, humor, and violence.Told in Barrett’s vibrant, distinctive prose, Young Skins is an accomplished and irreverent debut from a singular new voice in contemporary fiction.
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