{"product_id":"9781632861900","title":"Here Are the Young Men","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHere Are the Young Men\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rob Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Matthew, Rez, Cocker, and Kearney. They've just finished school, and are facing the great void of the future, celebrating their freedom in this unpromising adult reality with self-obliteration. They roam  through Dublin, their only aims the next drink, the next high, and a callow, fearful idea of sex. Kearney, in particular, pushes boundaries in a way that once made him a leader in the group, but increasingly an object of fear. When a trip to the U.S. turns Kearney's violent fantasies ever darker, the other boys are forced to face both the violence within themselves and the limits of their own indifference. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere Are the Young Men \u003c\/i\u003eportrays a spiritual fallout, harbinger of the collapse of national illusion in \"Celtic Tiger\" Ireland. Visceral and chilling, this debut novel marks the arrival of a formidable literary talent, channeling an unnerving anarchic energy to devastating effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Darkly exhilarating . . .  God may be dead, but a new literary star is born.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What we see when we pass through the sullen, monosyllabic and defensive exteriors that comprise most teenage boys will terrify parents everywhere – a vast, swarming cesspit of troubled thoughts, anxiety, turbulent sexual desires and disturbing violent ideation. . . . [Doyle]  has a remarkable way of articulating the innermost thoughts of young men . . . [He] perfectly describes the disaffected experience of most suburban teenagers, the feeling of waiting for life to begin. . . .  The result is a dark and intoxicating debut.” —\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e: delinquent fiction warrants a bookshelf of its own. Rob Doyle's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eHere Are the Young Men\u003c\/i\u003e, merits special attention . . . \u003ci\u003eHere Are the Young Men\u003c\/i\u003e probably won't go down well in polite society . . . So be it: brutalism is a young man's game . . . It's a rough but powerful debut.” —\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781632861900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595769295054,"sku":"9781632861900","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_defb564d-3036-46d9-8aef-e07fac7e441b.jpg?v=1637840769","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781632861900","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}