{"product_id":"close-to-home-a-novel-hardcover-magee-michael-hardcover","title":"Close to Home -- Michael Magee, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuminous and devastating, a portrait of modern masculinity as shaped by class, by trauma, and by silence, but also by the courage to love and to survive.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSean's brother Anthony is a hard man. When they were kids their ma did her best to keep him out of trouble, but you can't say anything to Anto. Sean was supposed to be different. He was supposed to leave and never come back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Sean does come back. Arriving home after university, he finds Anthony's drinking is worse than ever. Meanwhile, the jobs in Belfast have vanished, Sean's degree isn't worth the paper it's written on, and no one will give him the time of day. One night he loses control and assaults a stranger at a party, and everything is tipped into chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClose to Home \u003c\/i\u003ewitnesses the aftermath of that night as Sean attempts to make sense of who he has become, and to reckon with the relationships that have shaped him, for better and worse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from his own experiences, Michael Magee examines the forces that keep young working-class men in harm's way, in a debut novel that shines with intelligence and humanity on every page. \u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary work of fiction about deciding what kind of a man you want to be and finding your place in the scarred city you call home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Magee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.53h x 5.66w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374608323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Magee\u003c\/b\u003e was born and grew up in West Belfast. He is the fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Tangerine\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eWinter Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lifeboat\u003c\/i\u003e, and in \u003ci\u003eThe 32: An Anthology of Irish Working\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003eClass Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen's University, Belfast. \u003ci\u003eClose to Home \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magee, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43952301441252,"sku":"9780374608323","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/4191ah3na-L_54626be7-c7ac-434d-9077-9e74444032ca.jpg?v=1719481975","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/close-to-home-a-novel-hardcover-magee-michael-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}