AS THEY FACE THE VOID OF THEIR POST-SCHOOL LIVES, MATTHEW, REZ, COCKER AND KEARNEY SPEND THEIR FIRST SUMMER OF FREEDOM IN A SAVAGE APPRENTICESHIP ON THE STREETS OF DUBLIN. ROAMING AIMLESSLY THROUGH THE CITY, FUELLED BY DRUGS AND DARK FANTASIES, THE TEENAGERS SPIRAL INTO SELF-DESTRUCTION, FLEEING A REALITY THEY DESPISE. SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF CELTIC-TIGER IRELAND, HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN PORTRAYS A CHILLING SPIRITUAL FALLOUT, HARBINGER OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSION. VISCERAL AND BLACKLY FUNNY, THIS REMARKABLE DEBUT NOVEL RELEASES AN UNNERVING ANARCHIC ENERGY TO DEVASTATING EFFECT.