{"product_id":"the-shackles-conor-griffin","title":"The Shackles | Conor Griffin","description":"Becca, Andy, Cian and Dreamy. They jokingly call themselves ‘the Shackles’\r\nbecause they can never escape each other in their small Irish town. But after\r\nthey cover up a fatal hit-and-run the school friends’ fates are truly shackled\r\ntogether.\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nDecember 26, 1999. On the cusp of the new millennium, the nineteen-year-olds\r\nare going home after an alcohol-fuelled night out their local town. In the freezing\r\ndarkness, their car hits something or someone. Three out of the four make a\r\nsplit-second decision to keep going; the fourth has already blacked out. The\r\nnext morning, when they hear a neighbour’s body has been found on the side of\r\nthe road, they decide to cover up their involvement in the fatal incident.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nIn the years that follow the four friends attempt to forge futures in and away from\r\nBallylea, drifting apart though occasionally colliding. But when they start\r\nreceiving hostile anonymous emails five years after incident, it’s clear that\r\nsomeone knows their secret and may expose it at any moment.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003cb\u003eConor Griffin’s\u003c\/b\u003e short fiction has been published in the Irish Independent (as a\r\nNew Irish Writing selection) and the Irish Times, as well as literary journals\r\nincluding The Four Faced Liar, The Waxed Lemon, Crannóg and The Belfast\r\nReview. In 2025 his work reached the shortlists of the Mairtín Crawford Short\r\nStory Award and Wild Atlantic Words Short Story Competition. Conor is from\r\nTralee, County Kerry, and lives in Dublin with his family. The Shackles is his\r\nfirst novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conor Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57340794994953,"sku":"9781844887118","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/6181\/4281\/files\/9781844887118.jpg?v=1789649211","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.ie\/products\/the-shackles-conor-griffin","provider":"Bookstation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}