The Glorious Heresies

'A big, brassy, sexy beast of a book' IRISH TIMES

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<p><b>WINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016</b><br><br><b>WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016</b><br><br><b>'A head-spinning, stomach-churning state of the nation novel' THE TELEGRAPH</b><br><br><b>'Glorious, foul-mouthed, fizzing' SUNDAY TIMES</b><br><br><b>'Seriously enjoyable and high-octane' IRISH TIMES</b><br><br>We all do stupid things when we're kids.<br><br>Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you.<br><br>And nobody says Ryan's stupid. Not even behind his back.<br><br>It's the people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'. The neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than that. The prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night . . .<br><br>The only one on Ryan's side is his girlfriend Karine. If he blows that, he's all alone. <br><br>But the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need it.</p> / Nominiert: Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year (Irish Book Award), 2015.Nominiert: Dylan Thomas Prize, 2016.Nominiert: Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, 2016.Ausgezeichnet: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2016.Ausgezeichnet: Desmond Elliott Prize, 2016

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781444798883

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 129 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Verlag / Hersteller

Hodder & Stoughton