Youth by Kevin Curran
Youth follows four teenagers in Ireland's most diverse town, Balbriggan. Twenty-first century life - hyper-sexualized, social media saturated, anxiety-plagued - is here. Isolated and disorientated by the white noise and seemingly insurmountable expectations of adolescence, our protagonists are desperate to find anything that helps them belong.
'Kevin Curran's twenty-first century.. is a thrilling dispatch from life lived amid the ruins of idealism.' ROB DOYLE ; 'Kevin Curran ... [writes] with confidence and brio.' COLIN BARRETT ; '"The isolation of whole communities can be glimpsed through stories of marginalised individuals." Kevin Curran exemplifies this idea.' SALLY ROONEY ; '[Curran has] some big things to say about Ireland, past and present.' THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST ; 'Brings an edge of hard-won resolve to his tale while keeping mindful of broader social issues.' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ; ‘Here’s a rasping book, full of the kick and verve of the inner city. Loved the dialogue, the vernacular of working-class Dublin and all the minor and major concerns of youth. It’s easy to forget what it is to be young when looked at from the other end of life but Kevin made me remember the fine line between triumph and disaster with his great writing and love for his characters. Great book.’ KIT DE WAAL
Kevin Curran is from Balbriggan and has been a secondary-school teacher in his hometown for over a decade. His fiction largely concentrates on working class life in the Dublin suburbs. His first novel, Beatsploitation, was published in 2013 and brought him national attention due to his depiction of Ireland’s new multicultural landscape. His second novel, Citizens, was published to critical acclaim in 2016, and he has published numerous short stories in major anthologies and literary journals such as The Stinging Fly. He has also written non-fiction for The Guardian and The Observer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843518709 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843518708 |
| Title | Youth |
| Author | Kevin Curran |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Lilliput Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-06-08 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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