{"product_id":"wild-houses","title":"Wild Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**One of the Observer's Debut Novels of 2024**\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A small-town feud. A madcap kidnapping. A wild weekend to change everybody's lives...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sublime... [\u003ci\u003eWild Houses\u003c\/i\u003e is] a thrillingly moreish novel\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eheld me captive until the very last page'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Strange and beautiful... A book to live inside'\u003c\/b\u003e SALLY ROONEY, author of \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A gift of true storytelling... Barrett's talent burns up the page'\u003c\/b\u003e ANNE ENRIGHT, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend of the year, the simmering feud between small-time drug-dealer, Cillian English, and County Mayo's enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When the reclusive Dev answers his door on Friday night he finds Doll - Cillian's teenage brother - in the clutches of Gabe and Sketch. Jostled by his nefarious cousins and goaded by his dead mother's dog, Dev is drawn headlong into the Ferdias' revenge fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'This nastily slow-burn chiller is shaping up to be one of the novels of the year'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, **Books to Look Out For 2024**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43581634216133,"sku":"","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Wild_20Houses.jpg?v=1716562999","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-houses","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}