WILD HOUSES
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.
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.
COLIN BARRETT
Colin Barrett was born in 1982 and grew up in County Mayo. 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 2014 Guardian First Book Award, the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 2018 Barrett was selected as the Rolex Arts Initiative protege in Literature.
BARRETT COLIN
Colin Barrett creció en el condado de Mayo, Irlanda. Sus relatos se han publicado en Stinging Fly, Granta, Harper's y The New Yorker. Su primer libro, la colección de relatos Young Skins, ganó el Premio al Mejor Primer Libro del Guardian, el Premio Internacional de Relato Corto Frank O'Connor y el Premio Rooney de Literatura Irlandesa. Su segunda colección, Homesickness, fue incluida en la lista de los 100 Libros Destacados del Año del New York Times y fue Libro del Año en Oprah Daily y el Irish Times.
