SPIT
Published on 19. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
306 pages
978-1-0687162-1-8 (ISBN)
Description
Welcome to the village of Spit, where Danny Mulcahy is losing the run of himself, and where, as he and his friends dream of escaping, an unexpected death sets the rumour mill into motion.
Suffering an unexplained, perpetual banishment the Spook of Spit is watching everyone and everything - nothing goes unnoticed. Bearing witness to the village's half-truths and suppressed secrets, fragments of its own dark and obscured history are unveiled.
As events spiral out of control, the past, present and future are set to collide. Can there be redemption for past deeds? How do you escape when you are fated to remain? What does it take to break free from the confines of Spit?
Suffering an unexplained, perpetual banishment the Spook of Spit is watching everyone and everything - nothing goes unnoticed. Bearing witness to the village's half-truths and suppressed secrets, fragments of its own dark and obscured history are unveiled.
As events spiral out of control, the past, present and future are set to collide. Can there be redemption for past deeds? How do you escape when you are fated to remain? What does it take to break free from the confines of Spit?
Reviews / Votes
'There are whispers of Synge and Kevin Barry but Brennan has a full-throated and thrilling voice of his own...Spit gets hold of you and won't let you go.'Estelle Birdy - The Irish Independent -- Estelle Birdy * The Irish Independent * 'Crackling with dark humour and incantatory force, every line pulses with linguistic relish.'
The Irish Times -- The Irish Times * The Irish Times *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0687162-1-8 (9781068716218)
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Person
David Brennan won the Frank O'Connor Mentorship Bursary Award in 2016 and in 2017 he was longlisted for the Colm Tobin Award. He was one of the winners of the Irish Novel Fair in 2018 with his debut novel, Upperdown, which was published by epoque press in June 2019. David lives and writes in China.
SPIT is David's second novel.
SPIT is David's second novel.