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Paperback. At the age of twenty-six the author visited the Italian island of Sicily. He and his brother arrived in 1973 expecting sun, sea and good food, but they were totally unprepared for the lifelong effect of this Mediterranean islands. Thirty years later, older and a bit wiser - but no less greedy - he finally returns. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 38900th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091910815
- ISBN
- 9780091910815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.43
€ 20.99
€ 15.43
Hardback. Kennys Limited Edition. Signed and numbered by the author. Includes extra content in the form of an exclusive interview with the author. Luminous and devastating, a portrait of modern masculinity as shaped by class, by trauma, and by silence, but also by the courage to love and to survive. Sean's brother Anthony is a hard man. When they were kids their ma did her best to keep him out of trouble but you can't say anything to Anto. Sean was supposed to be different. He was supposed to leave and never come back. But Sean does come back. Arriving home after university, he finds Anthony's drinking is worse than ever. Meanwhile the jobs in Belfast have vanished, Sean's degree isn't worth the paper it's written on and no one will give him the time of day. One night he loses control and assaults a stranger at a party, and everything is tipped into chaos. Close to Home witnesses the aftermath of that night, as Sean attempts to make sense of who he has become, and to reckon with the relationships that have shaped him, for better and worse. Drawing from his own experiences, Michael Magee examines the forces which keep young working class men in harm's way, in a debut novel which shines with intelligence and humanity on every page. Close to Home is an extraordinary work of fiction about deciding what kind of a man you want to be and finding your place in the scarred city you call home.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- S9780241582978
- ISBN
- 9780241582978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.99
€ 17.99
€ 16.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781529386271
- ISBN
- 9781529386271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681375298
- ISBN
- 9781681375298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.15
€ 18.99
€ 17.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241992661
- ISBN
- 9780241992661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.87
€ 13.99
€ 9.87
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781838852153
- ISBN
- 9781838852153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.03
€ 19.99
€ 14.03
Paperback. A dazzling investigation into loneliness, art and the modern city - 'A fierce and essential work' Helen Macdonald. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 b&w illustrations on text paper. BIC Classification: BM; DN; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782111252
- ISBN
- 9781782111252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.10
€ 14.99
€ 11.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781526661777
- ISBN
- 9781526661777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 9.39
€ 17.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. We all live online now: the line between the internet and IRL has become porous to the point of being meaningless. Roisin Kiberd knows this better than anyone. She has worked for tech startups and as the online voice of a cheese brand; she's witnessed the bloated excesses of tech conferences and explored the strangest communities on the web. She has traced the ripples these hidden worlds have sent through our culture and politics, and experienced the disorienting effects on her own life. In these interlinked essays, she illuminates the subject with fierce clarity, revealing the ways we are more connected than ever before, and the disconnect this breeds. From the lure of the endless scroll, to the glamour of self optimisation; from the cult of Energy Drinks to the nostalgic world of Vaporwave music; and from silicon town centres to dating tech bros, Kiberd explores the strange worlds, habits and people that have grown with the internet. She asks what we have gained, what we have lost, and what we have given willingly away in exchange for this connected life.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781788165778
- ISBN
- 9781788165778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.99
€ 16.99
€ 5.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008283360
- ISBN
- 9780008283360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784875534
- ISBN
- 9781784875534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.87
€ 13.99
€ 9.87
Hardcover. Exclusive Kennys edition limited to 1000 copies.Signed and numbered by the author. Includes extra content in the form of a short story "The Herring" (16pp). ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE SHIPPED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN FEBRUARY 2023**** From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring memory, grief, and long-buried secrets. Retired policeman Tom Kettle is enjoying the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a white Victorian Castle in Dalkey overlooking the sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, but his peace is interrupted when two former colleagues turn up at his door to ask questions about a decades-old case. A traumatic case which Tom never quite came to terms with. His peace is further disturbed by a young mother and family who move in next door, a woman on the run from her own troubles. And what of Tom’s family, his wife June, and their two children? Old God’s Time is a beautiful, haunting novel in which everything is not quite what it seems—a novel about what we live through, what we live with, and what may survive us.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571382088
- ISBN
- 9780571382088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781398515697
- ISBN
- 9781398515697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.42
€ 13.99
€ 10.42