Close to home
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
ISBN
9780374608323, 0374608326
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Geneva Public Library District - 2nd Floor - Fiction
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
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280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780374608323, 0374608326

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"Luminous 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. Sean'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. But 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. Close to Home witnesses 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. Drawing 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. Close to Home 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."--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Magee, M. (2023). Close to home (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Magee, Michael, 1990-. 2023. Close to Home. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Magee, Michael, 1990-. Close to Home Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Magee, Michael. Close to Home First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

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