The universe of The Wildelings captures the heady, pulsating energy of the changing capital city … One of the novel’s key set pieces takes place during the Trinity Ball, an iconic event in the Dublin social calendar. In the book, disaster strikes; in real life, it didn’t. But it could have. A cauldron of freedom, youth, hormones, drugs, sex, and shifting cultural sands – it was a time ripe for experimentation and going “wild”.