{"product_id":"city-of-bohane-kevin-barry-9781555976088","title":"City of Bohane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Book Award in the First Novel category *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA blazingly original, wildly stylish, and pulpy debut novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e, the extraordinary first novel by the Irish writer Kevin Barry, is full of marvels. They are all literary marvels, of course: marvels of language, invention, surprise. Savage brutality is here, but so is laughter. And humanity. And the abiding ache of tragedy.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ePete Hamill, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(front page)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty or so years in the future. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are the posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the North Rises, and the eerie bogs of the Big Nothin' that the city really lives. For years it has all been under the control of Logan Hartnett, the dapper godfather of the Hartnett Fancy gang. But there's trouble in the air. They say Hartnett's old nemesis is back in town; his trusted henchmen are getting ambitious; and his missus wants him to give it all up and go straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555976085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.33w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2011 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2011 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2012 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2012 pg. 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2012 pg. 25","brand":"Kevin Barry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058601029887,"sku":"9781555976088","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5e96a7f-4912-46a4-9614-78f9053bd7b7.jpg?v=1685053487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-bohane-kevin-barry-9781555976088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}