Wild Houses - Colin Barrett

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024****WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024**‘Beautiful…brings to life an entire world’ SALLY ROONEY‘Sublime… A thrillingly moreish novel’ SUNDAY TIMESIt’s the biggest weekend of the year and everything is about to change…In Ballina, the simmering feud between small-time drug-dealer Cillian English and County Mayo’s enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum. Soon the reclusive Dev and Cillian’s teenage brother Doll are drawn headlong into the Ferdias’ revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, Doll’s girlfriend Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save him. Life in this ordinary town will never be the same again…AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELISTSHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025‘A whole world is captured for the reader’ Colm Tóibín‘As sharp, funny and bitingly bittersweet as life’ Booker Judges, 2024‘A gift of true storytelling’ Anne Enright‘A heartbreaker of a debut’ New York Times