At Swim, Two Boys
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 3/5, Love & Romance 5/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 2/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 1/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 5/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 1/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 1/5.
Description
Praised as “a work of wild, vaulting ambition and achievement” by Entertainment Weekly, Jamie O’Neill’s first novel invites comparison to such literary greats as James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Charles Dickens. Jim Mack is a naïve young scholar and the son of a foolish, aspiring shopkeeper. Doyler Doyle is the rough-diamond son—revolutionary and blasphemous—of Mr. Mack’s old army pal.