{"product_id":"homesickness","title":"Homesickness","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHomesickness\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eColin Barrett\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780802161741\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGrove Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second book from the \"exact and poetic\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) author of critical smash \u003ci\u003eYoung Skins\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35, \u003ci\u003eHomesickness\u003c\/i\u003e  is an emotionally resonant and wonderfully wry collection that follows the lives of outcasts, misfits, and malcontents from County Mayo to Canada.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Colin Barrett's debut \u003ci\u003eYoung Skins\u003c\/i\u003e published, it swept up several major literary awards, and, in both its linguistic originality and sharply drawn portraits of working-class Ireland, earned Barrett comparisons to Faulkner, Hardy, and Musil. Now, in a blistering follow-up collection, Barrett brings together eight character-driven stories, each showcasing his inimitably observant eye and darkly funny style. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA quiet night in a local 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 simply won't lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father's cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor's life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second piece of fiction from a \"lyrical and tough and smart\" (Anne Enright) voice in contemporary Irish literature, \u003ci\u003e Homesickness\u003c\/i\u003e  marks Colin Barrett out as our most brilliantly original and captivating storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Homesickness | Colin Barrett | Paperback | 9780802161741 | New | Fiction 1513234","offer_id":50567337804034,"sku":"1513234","price":32.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81PXgya1ATL.jpg?v=1790820451","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/homesickness","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}