The glorious heresies
McInerney, Lisa, 1981-2018
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One messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society. Ryan is a 15-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father, Tony, whose obsession with his unhinged next-door neighbour threatens to ruin him and his family. Georgie is a prostitute, whose willingness to feign a religious conversion has dangerous repercussions, while Maureen, the accidental murderer, has returned to Cork after 40 years in exile to discover that Jimmy, the son she was forced to give up years before, has grown into the most fearsome gangster in the city. In seeking atonement for the murder and a multitude of other perceived sins, she threatens to destroy everything her son has worked so hard for, while her actions risk bringing the intertwined lives of the Irish underworld into the spotlight.
Main title:
The glorious heresies / by Lisa McInerney.
Author:
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2018.©2015.
Collation:
504 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Ryan Cusack ; n1.
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: John Murray, 2015.
Awards:
Winner of the Baileys' Women's Prize for Fiction 2016.Winner of the Desmond Elliot Prize 2016.Winner of the 2018 Primo Edoardo Kihlgren for European literature (Peccati Gloriosi).2018 Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors' Literary Award (Hérésies Glorieuses).
ISBN:
9781528801300 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
365392
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Large Print - Fiction | MCINER | Available |