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Wild Houses

By (author) Colin Barrett

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD 2024** ‘Beautiful…brings to life an entire world’ SALLY ROONEY ‘Sublime… A thrillingly moreish novel’ SUNDAY TIMES * It’s the biggest weekend of the year and everything is about to change – the thrilling debut novel from the prize-winning author. In Ballina, 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. Soon the reclusive Dev and Cillian’s teenage brother Doll are drawn headlong into the Ferdias’ revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, Doll’s girlfriend Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save him. Life in this ordinary town will never be the same again… AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025 * ‘A whole world is captured for the reader’ Colm Tóibín ‘As sharp, funny and bitingly bittersweet as life’ Booker Judges, 2024 ‘A gift of true storytelling’ Anne Enright ‘A heartbreaker of a debut’ New York Times

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Normally shipped | Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order
Publisher | Vintage Publishing
Published date | 2 Jan 2025
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 272
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 194g
ISBN | 978-1-5299-3243-0
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BISAC | fiction / literary


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