02934cam a2200313 4500 1169783777 TxAuBib 20240315120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802160959 0802160956 B0CQ3JFJMB Amazon 25c863fb-acea-4d63-8f12-3755dbd1a06e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10347131 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Barrett, Colin, 1982- Wild Houses [Libby]. Grove Atlantic, 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 808kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b>The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from "one of the best story writers in the English language today" (<i>Financial Times</i>) <i>Wild Houses</i> follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry</b></p> <p>With his acclaimed and award-winning collections <i>Young Skins</i> and <i>Homesickness</i> Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporary Irish literature's most daring stylists. Praised by the <i>Oprah Daily</i> as "a doyen of the sentence," and by the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> as a writer of "unique genius," Barrett now expands his canvas with a debut novel that contains as much grit, plot, and linguistic energy as any of his celebrated short stories.</p> <p>As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, introspective loner Dev answers his door on Friday night to find Doll English— younger brother of small-time local dealer Cillian English—bruised and in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, County Mayo's fraternal enforcers and Dev's cousins. Dev's quiet homelife is upturned as he is quickly and unwillingly drawn headlong into the Ferdias' frenetic revenge plot against Cillian. Meanwhile, Doll's girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Nicky, reeling from a fractious Friday and plagued by ghosts and tragedy of her own, sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina.</p> <p>Set against Barrett's trademark depictions of small town Irish life, <i>Wild Houses</i> is thrillingly-told story of two outsiders striving to find themselves as their worlds collapse in chaos and violence.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-03-15 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=25c863fb-acea-4d63-8f12-3755dbd1a06e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=25c863fb-acea-4d63-8f12-3755dbd1a06e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=25c863fb-acea-4d63-8f12-3755dbd1a06e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)