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Close to Home
Michael Magee
- Penguin UK - Hamish Hamilton
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Publisher | Penguin UK - Hamish Hamilton |
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ISBN | 9780241582985 |
Publication date | April 2023 |
Edition | Trade Pb |
Dimensions | mm |
Pages | 288 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
Sean's brother Anthony is a hard man. When they were kids their ma did her best to keep him out of trouble but you can't say anything to Anto. Sean was supposed to be different. He was supposed to leave and never come back.
But Sean does come back. Arriving home after university, he finds Anthony's drinking is worse than ever. Meanwhile the jobs in Belfast have vanished, Sean's degree isn't worth the paper it's written on and no one will give him the time of day. One night he loses control and assaults a stranger at a party, and everything is tipped into chaos.
Close to Home witnesses the aftermath of that night, as Sean attempts to make sense of who he has become, and to reckon with the relationships that have shaped him, for better and worse.