Nobber

Oisin Fagan has a remarkable gift for language, as was first seen in the excellent Hostages, his short story collection. In Nobber, his debut novel, he creates an amazing rag tag bunch of characters with a story set in Ireland 1348 during the plague. The writing is terrific, the setting of Nobber as the small town everyone converges in is perfect, there is sly humour on every page. Highly recommended.