THIS BOOK is EVERYTHING Marian KeyesUnputdownable . . . one of the best novels of the year Sunday IndependentIn the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their childhoods in its caravan parks, chippers and amusement arcades.Local teenager Helen Grant is indifferent to the charm of her surroundings she dreams of escaping to art college with her glamorous classmate Stella Swaine and, from there, taking on the world. But leaving Tramore is easier said than done. Though they dont yet know it, Helen and Stellas lives are pulled by tides beyond their control.Following the Grant and Swaine families and their neighbours over three decades, The Amusements is a luminous and unforgettable story about roads taken and not taken and a brilliantly observed portrait of a smalltown community.Flannerys flawed, hopeful characters live and grow on the page ANNE ENRIGHT, author of The GatheringBrilliant . . . her sentences crackle with life, energy and devastating insight into the human condition. She writes with a rare combination of compassion and black humour. Her characters live on in my mind like people I have always known LIA MILLS, author of In Your FaceEffortless, perceptive, and hugely entertaining I loved it DONAL RYAN, author of Strange FlowersA cracker of a book KATHLEEN MAC MAHON, author of Nothing But Blue SkyFantastic . . . we were gripped STELLARIf you like dark humour, superbly drawn characters,...

Binding: Paperback;240 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 372 g; Dimensions: 215 x 134 x 24

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