{"product_id":"a-border-station","title":"Border Station","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Here is a … writer with immense confidence and vitality. He has an extraordinary feeling for place and landscape.’ – Jennifer Johnston\u003cbr\u003e‘This is experience finely and skilfully distilled’ – \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Well-written and engrossing’ – \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘These inter-connected stories are faultless in their execution and a delight to read’ – \u003ci\u003eSunday Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Written with great sympathy and truth’ – \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautifully wrought’ – \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is cold comfort to be had when you’re a young boy stuck in the middle of nowhere. The son of the local sergeant in an isolated Garda station on the border between Cavan and Fermanagh, his days are balanced between the brooding, taciturn presence of his father, whom he loves and fears in equal measure, and the reassurance of his quiet, gentle mother. His world is narrowed to bitter country lanes and petty disputes, filled with the characters he encounters – tinkers, publicans, farmers, and the tantalising older sister of his Protestant friend.\u003cbr\u003eAmidst the drumlins and bogs, the boy’s imagination roams free and unfettered. And at night, lulled by the rhythm of his mother’s fleecy warm breathing, the boy finds solace. But now even that is threatened. Change is coming. It’s time to grow up.\u003cbr\u003eWritten as a collection of linked stories, Shane Connaughton’s debut novel \u003ci\u003eA Border Station\u003c\/i\u003e was widely praised on its first publication in 1989. It was shortlisted for the GPA Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32085658730579,"sku":"","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781784162559_f8796d60-f565-4fdf-92b5-f3df386d780a.jpg?v=1764387038","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/a-border-station","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}