Wild Houses

After years of short stories, Barrett''s transition to the longer span of the novel is confidently done. Descriptive set pieces are linked and expanded, yet every paragraph is created with care>

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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
  
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  '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

  Zusammenfassung

As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, the simmering feud between small-time dealer, Cillian English, and County Mayo's fraternal enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum.

When 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.

Meanwhile, 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.