{"product_id":"homesicknessbooks","title":"Homesickness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second book from the “exact and poetic” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) author of critical smash \u003ci\u003eYoung Skins\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35, \u003ci\u003eHomesickness\u003c\/i\u003e is an emotionally resonant and wonderfully wry collection that follows the lives of outcasts, misfits, and malcontents from County Mayo to Canada.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Colin Barrett’s debut \u003ci\u003eYoung Skins\u003c\/i\u003e published, it swept up several major literary awards, and, in both its linguistic originality and sharply drawn portraits of working-class Ireland, earned Barrett comparisons to Faulkner, Hardy, and Musil. Now, in a blistering follow-up collection, Barrett brings together eight character-driven stories, each showcasing his inimitably observant eye and darkly funny style.  \u003cbr\u003e    A quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won’t lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father’s cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor’s life. \u003cbr\u003e    The second piece of fiction from a “lyrical and tough and smart” (Anne Enright) voice in contemporary Irish literature, \u003ci\u003eHomesickness\u003c\/i\u003e marks Colin Barrett out as our most brilliantly original and captivating storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Barrett, Colin","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47109904236768,"sku":"","price":19.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_49ddaeca-859a-4a45-99ad-ccc516376342.jpg?v=1741531651","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/homesicknessbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}