{"product_id":"evenings-and-weekends-9780008604172","title":"Evenings and Weekends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' \u003c\/strong\u003eSHON FAYE\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' \u003c\/strong\u003eOWEN JONES\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY' \u003c\/strong\u003eCOCO MELLORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' \u003c\/strong\u003eSHON FAYE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' \u003c\/strong\u003eOWEN JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY' \u003c\/strong\u003eCOCO MELLORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Electric and intimate' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eImpossibly, ineffably beautiful’ \u003cstrong\u003eRussell T Davies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Intoxicating' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, June 2019.\u003c\/strong\u003e Maggie is 30, pregnant and broke. Faced with moving back to the home town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is harbouring secret dreams of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith already has a boyfriend. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs Saturday night approaches in a city on the brink of political upheaval, all their lives are set to change forever. It’s the hottest summer on record, and the weekend is about to begin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat readers are saying…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I’ve had a week long book hangover. Read it!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book I will carry with me in my heart'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The best book I've read in recent years'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'My life got just a bit richer from having read this book'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I absolutely loved it, every word'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008604172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 04 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 22.2(H)x14.1(L)x3.8(W)460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 460\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eOisín Mckenna was born and raised in Drogheda, Ireland and lives in London. He was awarded the Next Generation Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland to write Evenings and Weekends - the highest award for an emerging artist in Ireland - and it was developed with further funding from Arts Council England. Evenings and Weekends has been awarded a 2022 London Writers Award, which supports London's most promising underrepresented writers. In 2017, Oisín was named in the Irish Times one of the best-spoken word artists in the country. He has written and performed four theatre shows, including ADMIN, an award-winning production at Dublin Fringe 2019, and has written for outlets including the Irish Times on issues such as gentrification and the alienation of Dublin's youth.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e'A gorgeous, kaleidoscopic vision of London written in shimmering prose I felt compelled to underline. I was deeply moved by its beauty and humanity.’ \u003cstrong\u003eCoco Mellors, author of \u003cem\u003eCleopatra and Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece. This searing tale of love, sex and class will resonate for generations to come' \u003cstrong\u003eOwen Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Electric and intimate. Bottles the exhilaration of youthful desire and possibility, as well as the accompanying instability' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I’ve never seen London so vividly rendered: grubby, sexy, suffocating. I couldn’t put it down. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant’ \u003cstrong\u003eShon Faye\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of rich observations and emotional detail. A complex love letter to the city.' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A beautiful, wise book. Impossibly, ineffably beautiful.’ \u003cstrong\u003eRussell T Davies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling, brilliant, hypnotic. An impressive debut, pulsating with energy, humour and erotic charge.' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I loved it so much I didn't want it to end. It made me choke up not from tragedy but from the sheer humanity of it' \u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Lord\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The only beach (or back garden) read for those in the know' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book you itch to return to' \u003cstrong\u003eEva Wiseman, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book of the summer' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDazed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McKenna’s evocative prose paints a love letter to London in all its grimy glory’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eService 95\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tender and addictive. 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