Books like Young skins by Colin Barrett
Colin Barrett’s collection highlights the lived reality of post‑boom Ireland through the eyes of five young protagonists in the small town of Glanbeigh. Jimmy, jilted and searching, faces the town’s turmoil alongside his friend Tug, while Bat wrestles with a battered heart. Arm, a desperate young criminal, and his partner Dympna face consequences after a botched job. The stories, narrated in the voice of the local community, reveal the grit, humor and violence that define the social landscape of a rural Irish town reeling from economic collapse.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Colin Barrett
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