{"product_id":"homesickness-1","title":"Homesickness","description":"‘A mesmerisingly powerful book’ SALLY ROONEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminating the lives of outcasts, misfits and malcontents, this is the darkly funny and moving second book from the award-winning author of Young Skins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA quiet night in the neighbourhood pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive. A funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts won''t settle. A shooting sees an everyday call-out lead a policewoman to confront the banality of her own existence.\u003cbr\u003eIn his new collection of stories, Colin Barrett takes us to the barren backwaters of County Mayo, via Canada – always with an eye for the abrupt and absurd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Superb... There is so much life in these pages'' DOUGLAS STUART\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fierce, tender...unforgettable'' BRANDON TAYLOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Addictive, stylish and violently funny... Outstanding'' KEVIN BARRY","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58354139857231,"sku":"9781529115703","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/homesickness-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}