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Meet Matthew, Rez, Cocker, and Kearney. They've just finished school, and are facing the great void of the future, celebrating their freedom in this unpromising adult reality with self-obliteration. They roam through Dublin, their only aims the next drink, the next high, and a callow, fearful idea of sex. Kearney, in particular, pushes boundaries in a way that once made him a leader in the group, but increasingly an object of fear. When a trip to the U.S. turns Kearney's violent fantasies ever darker, the other boys are forced to face both the violence within themselves and the limits of their own indifference.
Here Are the Young Men portrays a spiritual fallout, harbinger of the collapse of national illusion in "Celtic Tiger" Ireland. Visceral and chilling, this debut novel marks the arrival of a formidable literary talent, channeling an unnerving anarchic energy to devastating effect.
Here Are the Young Men, by Rob Doyle - Amazon Sales Rank: #1283394 in Books
- Brand: Doyle, Rob
- Published on: 2015-06-16
- Released on: 2015-06-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.18" h x .82" w x 5.55" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
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“Darkly exhilarating . . . God may be dead, but a new literary star is born.” ―The Sunday Times
“What we see when we pass through the sullen, monosyllabic and defensive exteriors that comprise most teenage boys will terrify parents everywhere – a vast, swarming cesspit of troubled thoughts, anxiety, turbulent sexual desires and disturbing violent ideation. . . . [Doyle] has a remarkable way of articulating the innermost thoughts of young men . . . [He] perfectly describes the disaffected experience of most suburban teenagers, the feeling of waiting for life to begin. . . . The result is a dark and intoxicating debut.” ―Irish Independent
“A Clockwork Orange, Less Than Zero, Trainspotting, Fight Club: delinquent fiction warrants a bookshelf of its own. Rob Doyle's debut novel, Here Are the Young Men, merits special attention . . . Here Are the Young Men probably won't go down well in polite society . . . So be it: brutalism is a young man's game . . . It's a rough but powerful debut.” ―Irish Times
About the Author Rob Doyle was born in Dublin and holds a first-class honors degree in Philosophy and an MPhil in Psychoanalysis from Trinity College Dublin. His fiction, essays, and criticism have appeared in The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, Gorse, The Moth, The Penny Dreadful and elsewhere. Having spent several years in Asia, South America, Italy, England, and the U.S., he now lives in Dublin. Here Are the Young Men is his first novel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. “I just did me last exam yesterday, how could I have had time to find a job?” By Mary Whipple Set during the height of Ireland’s economic boom in the early 2000s, Dubliner Rob Doyle’s debut novel focuses on four young men who have just finished secondary school, none of them with any idea of what they want to do with their lives, and even less motivation. Main character Matthew Connelly, a teenage Everyman, sometimes behaves like a punk, but he and three close friends slowly grow for the reader within their own chapters here, and the contrasts in their lives are vividly illustrated. Joseph Kearney, a friend whose whole life seems governed by his consumption of drugs and alcohol, is showing dangerous signs of losing all control. Richard Tooley, known as “Rez,” a more intellectual character, evaluates his life and comes to what he regards as philosophically valid conclusions. The fourth teen, Gary Cocker, often acts as a foil for the actions of the others.With a graduate degree in philosophy, author Rob Doyle writes a novel with simple premises and complex results as he develops these characters. The relationships between the teens and their hard-working parents, who had hoped for success for them, are often understandably frayed, and Matt's parents would have been horrified to know that very close to the time they had a "serious talk" with Matt about his future, he and his friends, drunk and high on drugs, visited the coastal mansion of U2 singer Bono in Killiney to scream expletive-laden insults at Bono and what he represents for them. As the boys wander around Dublin, always drunk and high, they visit popular sites, like the Temple Bar, and go to the beach, much like any other teens, though Matt worries about a potentially violent encounter he has observed between Kearney and a junkie.Despite their almost constant intoxication, each character maintains a kind of personal honesty here, even when out of control, making the reader both sympathetic and empathetic, and as the novel evolves, the boys’ issues become increasingly dramatic. The novel becomes darker, more frightening, and eventually explosive. The eternal generation gap, the unpreparedness of these teenage boys for real life, their seeming lack of values (except for the dubious value they see in each other’s company), and the widespread availability of all kinds of drugs and drink set up these boys for personal failure.The author’s insightful scenes, related in earthy language, draw the reader into the boys’ inner worlds, however foreign those worlds might be to the reader’s own experiences. Their conversations and behavior, while often bizarre, somehow inspire empathy, since most seem to have some residual sense of what is “right.” Few readers who are drawn in by the action and themes of this novel will be able to forget it quickly, and parents of teens may become particularly alarmed at the unambiguous depiction of their teens’ secret lives.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A compelling view of lives built on emptiness By TChris A common theme of literary novels is that people are all the same in fundamental ways. The theme of Here Are the Young Men is that people are fundamentally different. The young men to which the title refers have been raised in the suburbs of Dublin. They are friends. They share common experiences, anxieties, and cynicism -- a feeling of emptiness, exiles in their own country -- yet despite their commonalities, they make individual choices that set them apart from each other. They also evolve during a pivotal summer in their young lives, setting paths for themselves that inevitably strain the bond that has held them together.Joseph Kearney, a nihilist who is obsessed by sex and violence, spends much of his time wanking, fantasizing about mass murder, and thinking up bloody video games (including "Orgasm of Hate") that, if they existed, would -- sadly enough -- likely sell by the millions. Kearney's fantasies become progressively more revolting as the novel progresses, as do his actions.Richard Tooley ("Rez") is engulfed in numbness. He want to eradicate from his life those feelings that are "expected" or "programmed," leaving only those that are genuine. Rez is a philosopher of despair, the one emotion he regards as honest. He believes his mind is a virus that is killing him with unstoppable thoughts, producing a darkness of the soul.In many respects, Kearney and Rez are mirror images. Kearney sees all the darkness in the world and embraces it. Rez sees all the darkness and is horrified by his inability to turn away from it.The third significant character, and probably the most well-adjusted (although that is meager praise given his choice of friends), is Matthew Connelly. Matthew holds out hope of college acceptance as an alternative to work, which he detests, but having devoted his young life to alcohol and drugs, he worries about his performance on his Leaving Certificate examination. He spends the summer drifting, getting high and drunk as he frets about his friends, his lover, and his future while awaiting the test results.All three men are friends of Jen, the only character with a definite plan to attend college. Jen also feels deadened by the dullness of Dublin and plans to travel first, but she believes "there's more to life than only hate and rage." Unfortunately, her attempt to connect with Matthew is filled with obstacles.All of the characters regard Dublin as drab and joyless. Despite being drunk or high most of the time -- the only way they seem capable of responding to the challenges of life -- they voice some fascinating thoughts. The thoughts reflect confusion and existential angst as the characters try to find the point of a universe built on entropy, but they also reflect a time and place in which nothing seems original or meaningful. Rez, for instance, loves The Clash, but he believes their music originated in a time when it was possible for music to express something new. Rez equates current music to the life he is living: derivative, stale, repeating what others have already done.Here Are the Young Men is neither an easy nor a fun read. A couple of dark events near the summer's end add drama to a story that is otherwise focused on drugs, alcohol, sex, and disintegration. The ending comes as a shock but it is oddly gratifying and true to the story that precedes it.Few readers would want to know the protagonists. No rational person would want to live their lives. For that reason, many readers will find Here Are the Young Men unappealing. The novel is nevertheless compelling in its brutally honest view of alienated young men who are struggling to make sense of life in an environment they regard as irrelevant and hopeless.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Disturbing and Powerful By Lynx Matthew and his three friends are facing their first post graduation summer. What should be the beginning of fun and freedom instead gives way to restlessness and unease. With exams a bust and job prospects nonexistent each rely on their usual combo of booze, drugs and video games to help counter their apathy toward humanity, oblivious to the fact that it instead fuels their disconnect. With one friend suffering from severe depression and another showing signs of psychosis, Matthew spends his days with a terrible sense of foreboding but how does one fight a tidal wave?Doyle creates a bleak but honest look at society in the Internet age, where sex and violence are treated as daily doses of entertainment and positive messages and role models are scarce. While I think Doyle needs to work on creating strong, more 3 dimensional female characters overall I found his debut disturbing and very powerful. Looking forward to his next one.
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