WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2024WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through. Back in these scarred streets, where the promised prosperity of peacetime has never arrived. Back among hi...

While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he studies, and he - mostly - stays out of trouble. The thirty-year conflict is over, he's told, and his future is lit with promise.But when Sean returns home from university, he finds much of the same-the same friends doing the same gear in the same clubs; the same lost brothers and mad fathers; the same closed doors; the same silences. There are no jobs, Sean's degree isn't worth the paper ...

Seans halfbroer Anthony is een echte rauwdouwer. Als kind trok Anto zich niets aan van hun moeder, die hem uit de problemen probeerde te houden. Sean was anders. Het was de bedoeling dat hij zou gaan studeren en het harde, door de Troubles bepaalde milieu van zijn jeugd voorgoed achter zich zou laten.Maar na zijn studie keert Sean toch terug naar Belfast en ziet hij dat Anto en zijn vrienden van vroeger langzaam aan het afglijden zijn. Bovendien heerst er grote werkloosheid...

Brought to you by Penguin.***WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the ...

Un retrato de la masculinidad moderna, marcada por la clase, el trauma y el silencio.Premio Rooney 2023 de Literatura irlandesaNero Book Award a mejor debut literario 2023«Una novela compleja y fascinante sobre la precariedad, la desesperanza y los ecos de la violencia».David Mejía, El MundoAnthony, el hermano de Sean, es un hombre duro. Cuando eran niños, s...

Mit gerade mal 22 Jahren steht Sean an einem Scheidepunkt. Aufgewachsen im von der Wirtschaftskrise erschütterten Belfast, inmitten von Arbeitslosigkeit, Tristesse und den schwelenden Nachwirkungen der Nordirland-Konflikte, scheint sein Traum, Schriftsteller zu werden, vollkommen unerreichbar. Stattdessen hängt er fest in einem Teufelskreis aus Partys und Drogen - bis er im Rausch einen jungen Mann niederschlägt und vor Gericht landet. Erst jetzt findet er die Kraft, sein Leben neu zu sort...

In this course you will explore the sublime mysteries and core theology of Catholicism with brilliant lecturer Monsignor Michael Magee as your guide.You will treasure this special course.An institution that has existed longer than any extant government on earth, the Catholic Church continues to touch the hearts and minds of billions. The fact that Catholics in Creed recite the words, “I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church...” means that there is more to the ...

Gain an insider''s understanding of the Roman Missal''s new translation.Since its 2011 Advent introduction, English-speaking Catholics began hearing, speaking and praying with new words. If you have questions about how and why this new transitional came into being, then this insightful course is for you.The prayers of the Roman Liturgy are the accumulated wealth of 20 centuries of worship. This new translation was prepared by the Bishops and approved by the Vatican in the s...

'Poignant . . . I loved it!' ELAINE FEENEY'A beautiful, deeply affecting story.' DONAL RYAN'Hugely compelling and utterly persuasive.' JOSEPH O'CONNORFrom the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry - an unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us.He's leaning in. I'm leaning in. 'The future is ours to make, Shauns,' he says, lips almost touching.Summer, 1991....

One mage: Bel Adams – part demon, gun shy about being rejected by one again, needs a familiar.One familiar: Nico di Rossi – Army Ranger, needs a change of pace and a new purpose in life, is a golden retriever in human form (though not literally).Plus one familiar: Garen Dallarosa – Secret Service, part gargoyle, needs his ex-lover Nico back.One second chance – all for the taking.

'Poignant . . . I loved it!' ELAINE FEENEY'A beautiful, deeply affecting story.' DONAL RYAN'Hugely compelling and utterly persuasive.' JOSEPH O'CONNORFrom the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry - an unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us.He's leaning in. I'm leaning in. 'The future is ours to make, Shauns,' he says, lips almost touching.Summer, 1991....

One ghost from the past. Two unknown Australian monsters eating people. Three men who won't let either problem win.Familiars of choice, healing old wounds, Australian mythology (yes, Nico and Wicky are in Australia): it goes about as well as anyone could expect.With giant amphibians of unusual size that stump even the MAD research department, Wicky may have summoned Godzilla (in his defense he was left unsupervised).The next time they have to travel...