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The clock is ticking for Sean O?Grady. Today his psychotic brother has beengranted an early release from prison. By tonight he will come to collect themoney Sean is holding. The problem?all the moneys been spent. Welcome to a dayin the life of Sean O?Grady ? husband father and worker in a chickenprocessing factory on the outskirts of Glasgow. As the novel opens on anotherseemingly typical day Seans world comes crashing down when he hears the newsthat his brother Archie has unexpectedly been released from prison. Aterrifyingly violent career criminal Archie is coming home to collect themoney Sean was holding for him. But theres a problem Sean has spent themoney assuming he would have plenty of time to replenish Archies stash. Asthe day progresses and tensions escalate Sean explores increasingly desperateways of getting back the money. With a tight time frame shaped by Archieslooming return Fresh offers the reader a charged narrative full of grim comedyand foreboding leavened by Seans natural optimism resilience and his habitof slipping into fantasies of a more dashing and glamorous existence. «
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