{"product_id":"he-used-to-be-me-5","title":"He Used to Be Me","description":"'I sit on the stone that will mark the bed of my bones. You'll find the used-to-be-me, soon, flat body, washed up, wrinkly skin. No silly grin. You'll say, What a waste of a life. Tut-tut sounds jump out. Dangle like worms from your crow's mouth ...'\n\nMeet Daft Matt, the Mayo man at the heart of this astonishing, form-bending story, as he wanders the streets of Castlebar in search of Devil's feet - the claw marks of the cága, or jackdaws, who have spoken to him since he was a boy.\r\n  \r\n Yet Matt is anything but daft. In lyrical prose, Walsh Donnelly explores the complex workings of Matt's inner life: how he deals with the loss of his twin brother as a child, navigates the carefree days of early manhood and copes with the aftermath of the horse-riding accident that would see him incarcerated in the care system for the next thirty years. Richly imagined and beautifully written, this is a story for anyone who chooses to look beyond the surface of things.\n\n'I used to think those claws were the only things that kept me above sea-level.' ","brand":"Anne Walsh Donnelly","offers":[{"title":"New Island Books DAC \/ 09 Feb 2024 \/ 544A","offer_id":53865586983253,"sku":"9781848409071","price":3.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9781848409071_b09daa2e-a57c-47bc-a3ba-9527cad9b2c7.webp?v=1778411523","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/he-used-to-be-me-5","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}