Colin Barrett

It's 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 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....

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 second short story collection from Colin Barrett, Homesickness marks the long-awaited return of the award-winning author of Young Skins. The 'mesmerisingly powerful' (Sally Rooney) second book from the author of the critical smash Young Skins, winner of the Guardian First Book Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. A quiet night in the neighbourhood pub is shattered by...