{"product_id":"rockadoon-shore-9781473634107","title":"Rockadoon Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eRockadoon\u003c\/i\u003e Shore is terrific'' Roddy Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the most exciting Irish storytellers to have emerged in years'' Gavin Corbett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph has become closed off. A weekend away is just what they need so they travel out to Rockadoon Lodge, to the wilds in the west of Ireland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the weekend doesn''t go to plan. JJ is more concerned with getting high than spending time with them, while Merc is humiliated and seeks revenge. And with long-ignored tensions now out in the open, their elderly neighbour Malachy arrives on their doorstep with a gun in his hands . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHonest, moving and human, \u003ci\u003eRockadoon Shore\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about friendship and youth, about missed opportunities and lost love, and about the realities of growing up and growing old in modern-day Ireland. Highly energetic and tensely humorous, it heralds a new and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRockadoon Shore\u003c\/i\u003e is terrific. It's full of surprises and sharp writing, great belts of dialogue, and a gang of characters who manage to be likeable and unlikeable, clever and thick, loud and vulnerable, entertaining and very, very real\u003c\/b\u003e * Roddy Doyle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFresh in its unpredictability . . . gutsy and ambitious\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrackling with wit and fine writing . . . An exuberant dispatch from the front line of youthful narcissism and despair\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRockadoon Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, a saga about young people traversing the early years of adulthood and the decisions we make in life, is very much built to fit into the Irish literary-fiction domain where Donal Ryan and Lisa McInerney dwell\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Sunday Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThink early \u003ci\u003eBig Brother\u003c\/i\u003e meets\u003ci\u003e Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, with a sprinkling of fish-out-of-water countryside farce à la \u003ci\u003eWithnail \u0026amp; I\u003c\/i\u003e . . .  it hints at a keen and socially attentive writerly sensibility, which will hopefully be more expansively showcased in due course\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGleeson is particularly good at skewering the unspoken tensions between his characters as the weekend falls apart spectacularly . . . This is an uncomfortable read that's like being in a slow, but mesmerising, train crash\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoisterous and energetic\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGleeson has energy and enthusiasm; he is a talent to watch\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Business Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRory Gleeson brilliantly nails the self-obsession of the young and entitled in this sharply observed tale of sex, drugs and Rockadoon Shore. A brand new and welcome voice speaking for the disenchanted and disaffected\u003c\/b\u003e * Liz Nugent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFierce, funny, vivid, and compelling from the first line. Rory Gleeson is one of the most exciting Irish storytellers to have emerged in years\u003c\/b\u003e * Gavin Corbett *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRory Gleeson's debut novel reads like \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e by way of \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, all moonlight and MDMA . . . Savage comedy and inevitable tragedy are unflinchingly and dauntlessly intermingled in this impressive debut, which has a flawless sense of place\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharply funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGleeson is in fact remarkable not for his voice but for his voices: among other things, \u003ci\u003eRockadoon Shore \u003c\/i\u003eis an accomplished act of ventriloquism. Gleeson giving the narrative reins to each of his characters in turn and thus extending his and our sympathy towards them all\u003c\/b\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408803930455,"sku":"9781473634107","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473634107.jpg?v=1730504266","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rockadoon-shore-9781473634107","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}