{"product_id":"gethan-dick-water-in-the-desert-fire-in-the-night","title":"Gethan Dick | Water In The Desert, Fire In The Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e9781915290168\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15\/05\/25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e268 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2026 KATE O’BRIEN AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Original and lyrical … unlike anything I’ve read in recent memory’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Johny Pitts, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Its originality lies in the appeal of the narrative voice, one of millennial\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ediffidence that is still somehow salted with optimism’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Erica Wagner,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ambitious, inventive and stirring debut novel’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Niamh Donnelly,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘brilliant and daring debut … this is a novel of planetary catastrophe like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eno other, eschewing the hackneyed clichés of the genre’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Eoghan Smith,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The first-person narration is smart and tight, and the humour is\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erazor-sharp … Gethan Dick is a writer worthy of our time’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Anne Griffin,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Vast, generous, funny, resistant and alive’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Valérie Manteau, novelist and winner of the Prix Renaudot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe thing about the end of the world is that it happens all the time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone leaves and it’s the end of the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone comes back and it’s the end of the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a novel about hope, wolves, companionship and resilience, hunger and gold. It’s about an underachieving millennial, a retired midwife and a charismatic Dubliner who set out from London after the end of the world to cycle to a sanctuary in the southern Alps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s about packing light and choosing the right companions and trousers: what’s worth knowing, what’s worth living, and holding on to your sense of humour in moments big and small.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s about the fact that the world ends all the time. It’s about what to do next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tramp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57233703076222,"sku":"9781915290168","price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/7608\/files\/2_30948b22-c1ef-43af-b057-c6ca1a7a2de8.jpg?v=1775824094","url":"https:\/\/www.leftfordeadshop.co.uk\/products\/gethan-dick-water-in-the-desert-fire-in-the-night","provider":"Left For Dead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}