Colin Barrett Boeken

The narrative unfolds through the author's unexpected journey into writing about computer applications in the transportation and distribution industry, sparked by a conversation with publisher Dick Coleman. Despite initial self-doubt regarding his expertise, the author recognizes his experience as a computer user in the field and embraces the opportunity to share insights. This book is a culmination of the monthly column "Computer Software for Transportation," offering valuable perspectives for both current and aspiring users of technology in logistics.

**One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024** A small-town feud. A madcap kidnapping. A wild weekend to change everybody's lives... 'Strange and beautiful... A book to live inside' SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People 'A gift of true storytelling... Barrett's talent burns up the page' ANNE ENRIGHT, author of The Wren, The Wren 'A wonder... A tale for the ages' JON MCGREGOR, author of Reservoir 13 As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, 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. When the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night he finds Doll - Cillian's teenage brother - in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins and goaded by his dead mother's dog, Dev is drawn headlong into the Ferdias' revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nicky can't shake the feeling something bad has happened to her boyfriend Doll. Hungover, reeling from a fractious Friday night and plagued by ghosts of her own, Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina.

WINNER OF THE 2014 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Winner of the 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Winner of the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish LiteratureThis magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the youth have the run of the place.

The second book from the "exact and poetic" (New York Times) author of critical smash Y oung Skins , winner of the Guardian First Book Award and 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 styleA 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.

Die Grafschaft Mayo an der Westküste Irlands ist »aus der Ferne sehr ansehnlich, lässt einen von Nahem aber im Stich«. Hier lässt man seine Kuhherde von Dronen überwachen, kurvt mit klapprigen Autos über gefährliche Landstraßen, trifft sich im Pub oder bei Beerdigungen. Hier macht sich eine Polizistin nach einer Schießerei einen Instantkaffee und setzt sich an den Papierkram, hier wird ein beschaulicher Abend im Vereinsheim des örtlichen Golfklubs durch das Auftauchen eines schwertschwingenden Teenagers erschüttert, der auf der Flucht vor seinen Brüdern ist, hier begräbt ein Fußballtalent seine Premier League-Ambitionen im Autohaus seines Vaters. Colin Barrett wirft uns mitten hinein in das Leben ganz verschiedener Menschen, in Ballina, County Mayo, oder in Toronto, Kanada. Für einen Augenblick, sei es ein Nachmittag, ein Tag, eine Woche, haben wir teil an ihren traurigen, tragischen und komischen Schicksalen. Barretts Geschichten sind Momentaufnahmen einer Welt, die »wenn man achtgibt, voll von unerklärlichen Dingen ist«.

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