**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION AWARD
2024** 'Beautiful...brings to life an entire world' SALLY ROONEY 'Sublime... A thrillingly
moreish novel' SUNDAY TIMES * It's the biggest weekend of the year and everything is about
to change - the thrilling debut novel from the prize-winning author. In Ballina 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. Soon the reclusive Dev and
Cillian's teenage brother Doll are drawn headlong into the Ferdias' revenge fantasy. Meanwhile
Doll's girlfriend Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save him. Life in this ordinary town
will never be the same again... AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK
AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025 * 'A whole world
is captured for the reader' Colm Tóibín 'As sharp funny and bitingly bittersweet as life'
Booker Judges 2024 'A gift of true storytelling' Anne Enright 'A heartbreaker of a debut'
New York Times
