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      WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WATERSTONES 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...

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      Product ID:9780241582978
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Close to Home
      Authors:Author: Michael Magee
      Page Count:288
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Northern Ireland, c 2000 to c 2010
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      WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WATERSTONES 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 his brothers, his ma, and all the things they never talk about. Until one night Sean finds himself at a party – dog-tired, surrounded by jeering strangers, his back against the wall – and he makes a big mistake. 'Staggeringly humane, unfaltering, taut and tender... [It] feels like that rarest of things: a genuinely necessary book' Guardian'Every detail rings true, every character is fleshy and real and heartbreaking... Michael Magee has a remarkable talent' Sunday TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE EWART-BIGGS PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2024ONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO THE TIMES AND IRISH TIMES

      WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023
      WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023
      WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023


      Sean 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 his brothers, his ma, and all the things they never talk about. Until one night Sean finds himself at a party – dog-tired, surrounded by jeering strangers, his back against the wall – and he makes a big mistake.

      ''Staggeringly humane, unfaltering, taut and tender... [It] feels like that rarest of things: a genuinely necessary book'' Guardian

      ''Every detail rings true, every character is fleshy and real and heartbreaking... Michael Magee has a remarkable talent'' Sunday Times

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023
      SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023
      SHORTLISTED FOR THE EWART-BIGGS PRIZE 2023
      SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2024
      LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2024
      ONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S BEST BOOKS OF 2023
      BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO THE TIMES AND IRISH TIMES


      Imprint Name:Hamish Hamilton Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-04-06

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      Weight408 g
      Dimensions144 × 223 × 33 mm