<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for "Barrett, Colin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for "Barrett, Colin"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/lethlib/rss/search?query=%22Barrett%2C%20Colin%22&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:37:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Wild Houses]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Ballina in the west of Ireland prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, the simmering feud between small-time dealer Cillian English and County Mayo's fraternal enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum. When the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night, he finds Doll--Cillian's bruised, sullen, teenage brother--in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins, goaded by his dead mother's dog, and struck by spinning lights, Dev is unwillingly drawn headlong into the Ferdias' revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nicky can't shake the feeling something bad has happened to her boyfriend Doll. Hungover, reeling from a fractious Friday night, and plagued by ghosts of her own, Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina. The beautifully crafted, thrillingly-told story of two outsiders striving to find themselves as their worlds collapse in chaos and violence, Wild Houses is the long-anticipated debut novel from award-winning and critically-acclaimed short story writer, Colin Barrett.]]></description><link>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3597832</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3597832</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrett, Colin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3597832040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771051692/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homesickness]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a blistering follow-up collection to "Young Skins", Colin Barrett brings together eight character-driven stories, each showcasing his inimitably observant eye and darkly funny style. A quiet night in a local pub is shattered by the arrival of a sword-wielding fugitive; a funeral party teeters on the edge of this world and the next, as ghosts simply won't lay in wake; a shooting sees a veteran policewoman confront the banality of her own existence; and an aspiring writer grapples with his father's cancer diagnosis and in his despair wreaks havoc on his mentor's life.]]></description><link>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3140153</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3140153</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrett, Colin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3140153040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Stories</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771000379/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild Houses]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE • Longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award • One of <i>The Guardian</i>’s Best Books of the Summer and Best Fiction of 2024 • One of the <i>Globe and Mail</i>'s most anticipated books of 2024 • Named a Best Book of 2024 by the <i>New York Times</i><br>From the award-winning writer of <i>Homesickness</i> and <i>Young Skins</i>, a darkly funny and deeply moving debut novel about crimes of desperation, dreams abandoned, and small-town secrets that won’t stay buried.</b><br>As Ballina in the west of Ireland prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, the simmering feud between small-time dealer Cillian English and County Mayo's fraternal enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum.<br>When the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night, he finds Doll—Cillian's bruised, sullen, teenage brother—in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins, goaded by his dead mother's dog, and struck by spinning lights, Dev is unwillingly drawn headlong into the Ferdias' revenge fantasy.<br>Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Nicky can't shake the feeling something bad has happened to her boyfriend Doll. Hungover, reeling from a fractious Friday night, and plagued by ghosts of her own, Nicky sets out on a feverish mission to save Doll, even as she questions her future in Ballina.<br>The beautifully crafted, thrillingly-told story of two outsiders striving to find themselves as their worlds collapse in chaos and violence, <i>Wild Houses</i> is the long-anticipated debut novel from award-winning and critically-acclaimed short story writer, Colin Barrett.]]></description><link>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10012506</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10012506</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrett, Colin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10012506980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771051708/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Mystery Stories of the Year, 2022]]></title><link>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3147498</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3147498</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://lethlib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3147498040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781613163481/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>