Close To Home Michael Magee. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen's University, Belfast After Sean attacks a stranger at a party, and is sentenced to 200 hours of community service, he is forced to reckon.
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He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and his work has appeared in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, and The Lifeboat, and in The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Writing By turns hard-edged and soft-hearted, this novel is a gift from Michael Magee to us all." — Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 "Michael Magee's first novel is superb
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An emotionally true, keenly observed book that goes deep into the troubled territory of home, family and friendship, returning with a message of love." By turns hard-edged and soft-hearted, this novel is a gift from Michael Magee to us all." — Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 "Michael Magee's first novel is superb In Michael Magee's visceral debut novel, "Close to Home," a young man commits an assault that jeopardizes his plans for the future.
. In Michael Magee's visceral debut novel, "Close to Home," a young man commits an assault that jeopardizes his plans for the future. Drawing from his own experiences, Michael Magee examines the forces which keep young working class men in harm's way, in a debut novel which shines with intelligence and humanity on every page
. By turns hard-edged and soft-hearted, this novel is a gift from Michael Magee to us all." — Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 "Michael Magee's first novel is superb 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.