Wild Houses
- Auteur: Colin Barrett (Ierland)
- Soort boek: Ierse roman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Jonathan Cape
- Verschijnt: 25 januari 2024
- Omvang: 272 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: £ 16.99 / £ 9.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
- Longlist Booker Prize 2024
Boekbespreking en recensie van Wild Horses van Colin Barrett
- “A gift of true storytelling…Barrett’s talent burns up the page.” (Anne Enright)
- “Strange and beautiful… A book to live inside.” (Sally Rooney)
Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van Colin Barrett
As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, the simmering feud between small-time drug-dealer, Cillian English, and County Mayo’s enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum.
When the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night he finds Doll – Cillian’s teenage brother – in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins and goaded by his dead mother’s dog, Dev is drawn headlong into the Ferdias’ revenge fantasy.
Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nicky can’t shake the feeling something bad has happened to her boyfriend Doll. Hungover, reeling from a fractious Friday night and plagued by ghosts of her own, Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina.