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Narrated by:
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Conor MacNeill
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By:
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Michael Magee
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Brought to you by Penguin.
WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023
WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023
Sean 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 Times
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-2023
A brilliant debut
A fantastic debut with a voice that definitely resonated with me. The performance was solid.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-05-2023
Gritty, tender and real.
Loved this book which beautifully tells how hard it is to escape the chains of class, culture and childhood. Brilliant narration!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-2023
My holiday Home
Enjoyed every word. Brought me right back to the Gates of Milltown and Belfast City cemeteries. both were foremost in my visit home.
The whole book was like sitting down and listening to the factual, lived experienced stories of my relatives.
Well worth the listening, especially as the narrator was exceptional good. Thank you to the writer and narrator for this exceptional, vivid experience.
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- Le Shave
- 13-11-2023
Brilliantly Read by Conor MacNeil
Great story, dark at times and a great insight into modern Belfast and the changes that are unfolding..
Conor Mac Neil captures the tone (and accents) beautifully
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- Anonymous User
- 27-09-2024
gripping
this is probably the best audio book I've listen to . the narrator pulled me right into Sean's world .
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- David
- 15-06-2023
Too hard for me?
Maybe this may have been good had I persisted but I simply couldn’t. I found the Ulster accent of the narrator a real struggle to understand, and the bleak existence of the drug and alcohol dependent young people depicted just wore me down. Trainspotting without the humour.
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