Close to Home by Michael Magee Paperback Book 9780241996409

WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2024WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through. Back in these scarred streets, where the promised prosperity of peacetime has never arrived. Back among his brothers, his ma, and all the things they never talk about. Until one night Sean finds himself at a party - dog-tired, surrounded by jeering strangers, his back against the wall - and he makes a big mistake.'Staggeringly humane, unfaltering, taut and tender... [It] feels like that rarest of things: a genuinely necessary book' Guardian'Every detail rings true, every character is fleshy and real and heartbreaking... Michael Magee has a remarkable talent' Sunday TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE EWART-BIGGS PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST...

Author: Michael Magee Binding: Paperback / softback Format: Paperback / softback Genre: Media > Books > Print Books > Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Pages: 288 Page Count: 288 Publication Date: 2024 Year of Publication: 2024 Classification: Media > Books > Print Books > Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Weight: 326 g Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Package Dimension Length: 19.7 cm Package Dimension Width: 12.9 cm Package Dimension Height: 2 cm ISBN: 9780241996409