Young Skins: Stories

by Colin Barrett

Book Overview

A National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature Enter the small, rural town of Glanbeigh, a place whose fate took a downturn with the Celtic Tiger, a desolate spot where buffoonery and tension simmer and erupt, and booze-sodden boredom fills the corners of every pub and nightclub. Here, and in the towns beyond, the young...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802123325
• ISBN13: 9780802123329
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"