{"product_id":"mickey-collins-paperback","title":"Mickey Collins - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Forde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMickey Collins, son of a drug-dealer, relates his amazing tale from childhood to something approaching being an adult. The streets of Cork, Ireland, is where Mickey learns fine skills such as pre-teen drinking, shoplifting and breaking \u0026amp; entering. However, after Mickey disobeys his mother once too often, a lifetime of pain (or 'adventure' as Mickey would see it) descends upon him, as he bounces from one State service to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA kaleidoscopic tour through twenty years of modern Ireland's discarded dregs of society ensues, where we discover an underworld of petty crime and passions-fulfilled to the detriment of all else - most significantly (though not exclusively) to the perpetrators themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...But there is something else. As Mickey's mother, Tanya Collins, manipulates everyone \u0026amp; everything whilst building her drug empire, Mickey's navigation of his world reveals a curiously innocent and almost pure Humanity in this most unlikely of places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42121435971719,"sku":"9781739120818","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ff69a60007456bfd291726ed5deb7124.webp?v=1732553515","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mickey-collins-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}