{"product_id":"ravelling-paperback-2","title":"Ravelling - 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\u003eSet in Dublin's Liberties, Estelle Birdy' s explosively original debut \u003ci\u003eRavelling\u003c\/i\u003e channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, their city, navigating the tumultuous trajectory of youth and young manhood, where they balance their hopes with the harsh realities of their present. Hurtling between friendships, feuds, drug-deals, family and brushes with the law, this is modern Dublin as never before portrayed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The novel follows Deano, a weed-smoking hurling star, living with his aunt in an about-to-be-demolished flat; Hamza, a Pakistani Muslim atheist and precocious academic, who sells his ADHD drugs to the kids in a private school; Oisí an, empathetic and iron-willed, who has begun to see his dead brother at the end of his bed; Congolese nature lover, Benit, who just wants to relax and hurl with the lads; Karl, a maybe-gay fashionista, dreaming of something better while immersing himself in his art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bound by friendship, place and the memories of those who've died too soon, these young men grapple with race, class, sex, parties, poverty, violence and Garda harassment, all while wondering what it means to be a man in twenty-first century Ireland.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstelle Birdy is a writer, poet, book critic and yoga teacher who lives with her family in Dublin. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eRavelling \u003c\/i\u003ewas a winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair in 2020. Her work is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268914823417,"sku":"9781843519317","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/GIUef5kFf39781843519317.webp?v=1768886197","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ravelling-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}