Hughes, Caoilinn
The Wild Laughter
- ISBN 13:
- 9781786077806
- author:
- Hughes, Caoilinn
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Oneworld Publications
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 22.5 x 14.6 x 1.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, General, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
The Wild Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes is a dark comedy about two brothers confronting their father's fate in contemporary Ireland. In 2008, the Celtic Tiger has left devastation in its wake, and brothers Hart and Cormac Black are waking up to a very different Ireland.
As they face 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. This epic-in-miniature explores cowardice and sacrifice, faith rewarded and abandoned, the stories we tell ourselves and the ones we resist.
A sharp snapshot of a family and a nation suddenly unmoored, The Wild Laughter cements Caoilinn Hughes' position as one of Ireland's most audacious, nuanced and insightful young writers. With its hilarious, poignant and utterly fresh tone, this book is not to be missed.
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