Young skins
By: Colin Barrett
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780802123329
Subjects: Social life and customs; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "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 live hard and wear the scars. Amongst them, there's jilted Jimmy, whose best friend, Tug, is the terror of the town and Jimmy's sole company in his search for the missing Clancy kid; Bat, a lovesick soul with a face like "a bowl of mashed-up spuds" even before Nubbin Tansey's boot kicked it in; and Arm, a young and desperate criminal whose fate is shaped when he and his partner, Dympna, fail to carry out a job. In each story, a local voice delineates the grittiness of post-boom Irish society. These are unforgettable characters rendered through silence, humor, and violence" --
Notes: "First published in Ireland in 2013 by Stinging Fly Press"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: The Clancy kid --; title: Bait --; title: The moon --; title: Stand your skin --; title: Calm with horses --; title: Diamonds --; title: Kindly forget my existence.