Young skins
By: stories by Colin Barrett
Publisher: The Stinging Fly
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781906539276
Subjects: Young women; Fiction; Young men
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "A recovering addict drifts closer to the oblivion he'd hoped to avoid by returning to his home town; two estranged friends hide themselves away in a darkened pub, reluctant to attend the funeral of the woman they both loved; a bouncer who cannot envisage a world beyond the walls of the small town nightclub his life revolves around. Set for the most part in the fictional County Mayo town of Glanbeigh, Colin Barrett's stories deftly explore the wayward lives and loves of young men and women in contemporary post-boom Ireland. Young Skins offers an utterly unique reading experience and marks the appearance of an arresting and innovative new voice in Irish writing"--Publisher's website.