A review by alba_marie
Bohane, sombre cité (ROMANS, NOUVELL) by Kevin Barry

3.0

This is my second go - read it in physical form a few years ago and didn't love it. But since then I have become a Kevin Barry fan, so decided to give the audiobook a try. Sti didn't love it, but thought it was a little bit better. The book is essentially a dystopia futuristic gang war that is somehow reminiscent of present Ireland, a futuristic society and also 1920s gangsters. Written in a bizarre, made up slang, the book was more palatable as an audiobook but I still struggled to really pay attention or stay interested in the story or any of the thoroughly unlikeable characters. All in all, a fascinating début novel (at least I think it was his first) and well read by the author (I love his voice /accent!) but Kevin Barry has since done better.

Fun fact - realised I was listening to Barry read his audiobook as I biked past his house