Skintown Av Ciaran Mcmenamin

<p><b><i>‘We’re in the back of a car belonging to the men our mothers told us to never get in the back of a car of. I close my eyes and wonder how many girls will come to my funeral.’</i></b><br><br>Vincent Patrick Duffy has already checked out. Trapped between Skintown’s narrow horizons, he chops ribs and chickens in a takeaway, dreaming of escape, joint after freshly rolled joint.<br><br>A mindless act of kindness leads to the unlikeliest of business opportunities. Where the government has failed, might the second summer of love and a little pill with a dove on it be the broom to sweep away the hatred and replace it with love, so much love?<br><br><b><i>Skintown</i> is Vinny’s drink- and drug-fuelled odyssey through fighting, fishing, rioting, romance, reconciliation and acid house. Bristling with a restless energy and drunk on black humour, this superb debut is a wild ride.<br><br>----</b><br><br>''Ciaran McMenamin writes brilliantly ... <b>Horrifying and hilarious</b>, <i>Skintown </i>is <b>a compulsive read</b>.'' Liz Nugent<br><br>''Lures the reader into the madcap night and then <b>delivers a hairpin twist</b>.'' <i>Irish Times</i><br><br>''A supercharged riot of a debut novel, <b>zinging with confidence and intelligence</b>.'' Joseph O''Connor</p>