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The Wild Laughter
Winner of the 2021 Encore Award
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The Wild Laughter
An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country's most exciting new voices
An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country's most exciting new voices
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NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED TITLE FOR 2020 BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES, THE IRISH TIMES, THE MILLIONS & RTÉ
'Extraordinary... A book of wicked intelligence and tender heart.' - Max Porter, author of Lanny
It's 2008, and the Celtic Tiger has left devastation in its wake. Brothers Hart and Cormac Black are waking up to a very different Ireland – one that widens the chasm between them and brings their beloved father to his knees. Facing a devastating choice that risks their livelihood, if not their lives, their biggest danger comes when there is nothing to lose.
A sharp snapshot of a family and a nation suddenly unmoored, this epic-in-miniature explores cowardice and sacrifice, faith rewarded and abandoned, the stories we tell ourselves and the ones we resist. Hilarious, poignant and utterly fresh, The Wild Laughter cements Caoilinn Hughes' position as one of Ireland's most audacious, nuanced and insightful young writers.
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The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes has received widespread praise for its dark humour and sharp wit. Critics admire its innovative language and insightful portrayal of a family grappling with financial and emotional turmoil. The novel is lauded for its compelling narrative voice, blending humour with profound emotional depth, and is considered a significant contribution to contemporary Irish fiction.
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ISBN: 9781786078599
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 May 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Caoilinn Hughes is the author of Orchid & the Wasp (Oneworld 2018), which won the Collyer Bristow Prize, was shortlisted for the Hearst Big Book Awards, the Butler Literary Award and longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. Her poetry collection, Gathering Evidence (Carcanet 2014), won the Shine/Strong Award and was shortlisted for four other prizes. Her work has appeared in Granta, POETRY, Tin House, Best British Poetry, BBC Radio 3 and elsewhere. She has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and she was recently Visiting Writer at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. For her short fiction, she won The Moth International Short Story Prize 2018 and an O.Henry Prize in 2019.
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