{"product_id":"9780008490676","title":"Pure Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People                                `Remarkable, rare and truly brilliant' MEGAN NOLAN, author of Acts of Desperation                                `Dark, funny, honest and engrossing' RODDY DOYLE, author of Love                                `Refreshing and ambitious' LISA MCINERNEY, author of The Rules of Revelation                    On an island off Ireland's west coast strange things are afoot: two teenage boys set fires while their worlds fall apart, a couple drive out to the hills in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, a widow seeks a stranger's help to bury her grief and a horse crashes a house party. Adrift in the treacherous waters of small-town boredom, the residents reach out with love and cruelty, desperation and hope, in their pursuit of connection.             Pure Gold is a bitterly funny, surprising and profoundly moving short story collection that crackles with the thrilling energy of a bold new literary voice, John Patrick McHugh.                         `Full of stylish brio' Colin Barrett, author of Young Skins                                `Hilarious, shocking, and disturbingly well-observed' Vanity Fair                                `Searing . John Patrick McHugh joins an illustrious generation of talented writers' Irish Times                                `Savagely funny' Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time                                `Refreshing and ambitious' Lisa McInerney, author of The Blood Miracles\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55731419218296,"sku":"9780008490676","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780008490676.jpg?v=1794247735","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008490676","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}