# Homesickness - Hardcover

by **Colin Barrett** (Author)

**The second book from the "exact and poetic" (_New York Times_) author of critical smash _Young Skins_, winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35, _Homesickness_  is an emotionally resonant and wonderfully wry collection that follows the lives of outcasts, misfits, and malcontents from County Mayo to Canada.**

When Colin Barrett's debut _Young Skins_ 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.

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.

The second piece of fiction from a "lyrical and tough and smart" (Anne Enright) voice in contemporary Irish literature, _Homesickness_  marks Colin Barrett out as our most brilliantly original and captivating storyteller.

### Author Biography

**Colin Barrett** is from County Mayo, Ireland. In 2009 he was awarded the Penguin Ireland Prize, and his debut collection _Young Skins_ won The Rooney Prize, The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize, The Guardian First Book Award and was a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35". In 2018 he was announced as the Rolex Arts Initiative Literary Protege, mentored by Colm Toibin. His stories have appeared in _New Yorker, The Stinging Fly, New Statesman, Harper's_ and on BBC Radio 4.  

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** May 03, 2022

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