{"product_id":"close-to-home-paperback-7","title":"Close to Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Magee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Michael Magee's dead-on debut novel is universal.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he studies, and he--mostly--stays out of trouble. The thirty-year conflict is over, he's told, and his future is lit with promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Sean returns home from university, he finds much of the same--the same friends doing the same gear in the same clubs; the same lost brothers and mad fathers; the same closed doors; the same silences. There are no jobs, 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 assaults a stranger at a party, and everything begins to come undone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Magee's luminous debut, \u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e, begins with this sudden act of violence and expands into a startling portrait of working-class Ireland under the long shadow of the Troubles. It's a first novel drawn from life, written with the immediacy of thought. It's about what happens when men get desperate, about the cycles of loss and trauma and secrecy that keep them trapped, and about the struggle to get free.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Magee\u003c\/b\u003e was born and grew up in West Belfast. He is the fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Tangerine\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eWinter Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lifeboat\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe 32: An Anthology of Irish Working\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003eClass Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen's University, Belfast. \u003ci\u003eClose to Home \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255988928761,"sku":"9781250335784","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KMfmZnT-G99781250335784.webp?v=1768730798","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/close-to-home-paperback-7","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}