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Victor of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Victor of the Guardian First Booklet Award Victor of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature A stunning intro to one new tone in modern fiction. Enter the tiny, rural town of Glanbeigh - a place whose fate required a downturn with the Celtic Tiger. From the desolate area where buffoonery and pressure simmer and erupt, and booze-sodden monotony fills the corners of each pub and nightclub. Here, and in the cities beyond, the young live hard and wear the scars. Among them there's jilted Jimmy, whose closest friend, Tug, is the terror of the town and Jimmy's single company in his search for the absent Clancy child; Bat, a lovesick spirit with a face like "a plate of mashed up spuds" even before Nubbin Tansey's boot kicked it in; and Arm, a and desperate criminal whose destiny is shaped when he and his spouse, Dympna, neglect to carry out employment. In each report a local tone delineates the grittiness of postboom Irish contemporary society. These are remarkable heroes rendered through silence, humor, and violence. Told in Barrett's radiant, distinctive prose, Young Skins is an attained and irreverent debut from an excellent writer.
