β Scribed by Mark McNay
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
*βThe rhythm changed and the chickens came down faster and faster. Sean found it hard to catch up and they piled like corpses in the rain. As he tried to pick one up another would bounce off the back off his hand. Sometimes their legs, or shorn feet, would dig him right in the finger. It was like when youβre in a fight and the guy gets a couple in.β (p. 16)*****Most of Sean OβGradyβs days are depressingly similar. He not only lives in a town he thought he would leave years ago, but he works a mindless, dead-end job in the fresh meat section at the local chicken processing plant. And as if he needed a reminder of the banality of life, the conveyor belt that flanks the wall where he works beats out a hypnotic rhythm thatβs inescapable:*Bum-titty-bum-titty-bum-titty.*But it isnβt all bad. Fresh is the least of the gag-inducing departments in the plant and Seanβs uncle Albert works alongside him. Albert and his wife, Jessie, took Sean and his brother Archie in after their mother died, and treated them as if they were their own.Sean hasnβt turned out too badly either: he has steady work at the plant, a good woman as his wife, and a fine daughter. But Archie is another matter. He got started as a career criminal early on, with stints in jail for teenage joy rides and small-time drug trafficking. That escalated soon enough and Archie is in prison β again.Or so Sean thinks. One day Sean discovers that Archie is due out that very same day, and he panics. His brother had given him β€1000 to keep while he was away and Sean has spent the money. Sean is certain that if he canβt get Archieβs money in time, his brother will kill him.And he has good reason to believe the worst. Archieβs best friend and de facto henchman has already made it known that Sean had better be ready to hand over the cash or suffer the consequences. Sean has witnessed his brotherβs brutality first-hand, which confirms his conviction that any brotherly affection Archie might have for Sean wonβt stand in the way of him getting his money back β all of it.With the down-at-heel joie de vivre of Roddy Doyle and the wacko plottings of Irvine Welsh, **Fresh** is a white-knuckle ride through one forgettable day in the life of Sean OβGrady. Mark McNayβs debut will leave you bowled-over and breathless and marks the arrival of a major new talent.*From the Hardcover edition.*
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The ocean surrounds the secret. Last night a wicked storm swept a beautiful sacrifice onto the shore. Shipwrecked Jessica Stanton is about to be discovered, cherished, and trained to survive on a remote island by a man who is not what he seems. There is a place on earth where unrestrained evil
_βThe rhythm changed and the chickens came down faster and faster. Sean found it hard to catch up and they piled like corpses in the rain. As he tried to pick one up another would bounce off the back off his hand. Sometimes their legs, or shorn feet, would dig him right in the finger. It was like wh
EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*βThe rhythm changed and the chickens came down faster and faster. Sean found it hard to catch up and they piled like corpses in the rain. As he tried to pick one up another would bounce off the back off his hand. Sometimes their legs, or shorn feet, would dig him right in th
Today, Sean's brother Archie gets out of jail on early release. Which would be great if Archie weren't a little loose in the head. And if Sean didn't still owe him a grand. Testing the boundaries of brotherly love, Fresh is white-knuckle ride that brings to life one unforgettable day.