The Readymades

The Readymades won universal acclaim by those who managed to acquire a copy, being dubbed one of ''the best Irish novels of the last decade.'' It tells the story of a collection of friends who took part in the Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s, before going on to become celebrated artists. Its republication sees a novel whose story and characters take on the very forces so pertinent today: the reemergence of nationalism, civil war, refugees and the need for art to challenge any and all prejudices and pre-conceived notions of what it means to be an individual.