Pure Gold

Normal People ''Terrific'' RODDY DOYLE, author of Love ''Truly brilliant'' MEGAN NOLAN, author of Acts of Desperation On an island off Ireland''s west coast strange things are afoot: two teenage boys set fires while their worlds fall apart, a couple drive out to the hills in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, a widow seeks a stranger''s help to bury her grief and a horse crashes a house party. Adrift in the treacherous waters of small-town boredom, the residents reach out with love and cruelty, desperation and hope, in their pursuit of connection. Pure Gold is a bitterly funny, surprising and profoundly moving short story collection that crackles with the thrilling energy of a bold new literary voice, John Patrick McHugh. ''Full of stylish brio'' Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins ''Hilarious, shocking, and disturbingly well-observed'' Vanity Fair ''Searing ... John Patrick McHugh joins an illustrious generation of talented writers'' Irish Times ''Savagely funny'' Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time ''Refreshing and ambitious'' Lisa McInerney, author of The Blood Miracles

Product details

• Authors: John Patrick McHugh
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.05.2022
• EAN: 9780008490676
• ISBN: 978-0-00-849067-6
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, Short Stories, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Ireland, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary