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Author: Hughes, Caoilinn
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 18 June 2020 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 208 pages
155 x 232 x 28 | 362g
'A grand feat of comic ingenuity, mischievous and insightful, and full of resonancefor the way we live now... So original and vibrant.' Encore Award JudgesFINALIST FOR THE AN POST IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2020,THE RT RADIO 1 LISTENERS' CHOICE AWARD 2020 &THE DALKEY EMERGING WRITER AWARD 2021LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE & THE i COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE, 2021AN IRISH TIMES, IRISH SUNDAY TIMES,IRISH INDEPENDENT& SUNDAY INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020It's 2008, and the Celtic Tiger has left devastation in its wake. Brothers Hart and Cormac Black are waking up to a very different Ireland one that widens the chasm between them and brings their beloved father to his knees. Facing a devastating choice that will put their livelihood, even their lives, on the line, the brothers soon learn that their biggest danger comes when there is nothing to lose.
A sharp snapshot of a family and a nation suddenly unmoored, this epic-in-miniature explores cowardice and sacrifice, faith rewarded and abandoned, the stories we tell ourselves and the ones we resist. Hilarious, poignant and utterly fresh, The Wild Laughter cements Caoilinn Hughes' position as one of Ireland's most audacious, nuanced and insightful young writers.
