β Scribed by Power, Kevin
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the highly acclaimed author of _Bad Day in Blackrock - _inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film What Richard Did , directed by Lenny Abrahamson _ - _comes a darkly funny, gripping and profoundly moving novel about a life spinning out of control, a life live without the bedrock of familial love, and the corruption of material wealth that tears at the soul.
'It was my father's arrest that brought me here, although you could certainly say that I took the scenic route.'
Here is rehab, where Ben - the only son of a rich South Dublin banker - is piecing together the shattered remains of his life. Abruptly cut off, at the age of 27, from a life of heedless privilege, Ben flounders through a world of drugs and dead-end jobs, his self-esteem at rock bottom. Even his once-adoring girlfriend, Clio, is at the end of her tether. Then Ben runs into an old school friend who wants to cut him in on a scam: a shady property...
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