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Wild Houses is the biggest weekend of the year, and everything is about to change - the thrilling, riotous debut novel from the Observer Best New Novelist. As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend, the simmering feud between small-time dealer, Cillian English, and County Mayo's fraternal... Read More
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Wild Houses is the biggest weekend of the year, and everything is about to change - the thrilling, riotous debut novel from the Observer Best New Novelist.

As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend, 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 that 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.

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ISBN: 9781529932430

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 192g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Colin Barrett grew up in County Mayo, Ireland. His stories have been published in the Stinging Fly, Granta, Harper's and the New Yorker. His first book, the short story collection Young Skins, won the Guardian First Book Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His second collection, Homesickness, made the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year and was a Book of the Year in Oprah Daily and the Irish Times.

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