White City av Kevin Power

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<B>From the highly acclaimed author of <I>Bad Day in Blackrock – </I>inspiration for the 2012 award-winning film <I>What Richard Did</I>, directed by Lenny Abrahamson...<BR/> ?</B><BR/><B>Shortlisted for the 2021 An Post Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year...</B><BR/><BR/><B>A darkly funny, gripping and profoundly moving novel about a life spinning out of control, a life live without the bedrock of familial love, and the corruption of material wealth that tears at the soul.</B><BR/><BR/><I><B>‘It was my father’s arrest that brought me here, although you could certainly say that I took the scenic route.’</B><BR/><BR/> Here</I> is rehab, where Ben – the only son of a rich South Dublin banker – is piecing together the shattered remains of his life. Abruptly cut off, at the age of 27, from a life of heedless privilege, Ben flounders through a world of drugs and dead-end jobs, his self-esteem at rock bottom. Even his once-adoring girlfriend,