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Book SynopsisThe critically acclaimed Irish contemporary classic in a beautiful new
Scribner edition
Trade Review‘
At Swim, Two Boys gets nearer to the truth of our lives than most established writers dream of’ * Independent *
‘Jamie O’Neill’s masterpiece
holds a special place in my heart for its
bravery, its originality, its memorable characters and the dexterity of its language’ -- John Boyne
‘The music of Jamie O’Neill’s prose
creates a new Irish symphony’ -- Peter Ackroyd
‘O’Neill has stepped boldly and knowingly into the c
ompany of the Irish high modernists . . .
At Swim, Two Boys is both footnote and foot forward, flexing its muscles within the Irish canon and
breaking new emotional ground’ * Guardian *
‘A
vivid picture of human freedom; of moving from fear of the world to acceptance of its fluid variety, while illuminating the
nature of the imagination that makes it possible to do so’ * Sunday Times *
