Austin Duffy

Cross (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

1994, the summer of the ceasefire. In the Northern Irish border town of Cross, after decades of violent activity protesting British rule, a community plays out its end game. Francie, a principled elder of the cause, has authorised the murder of a policeman; his teenage henchmen are triumphant at pulling it off. In the town square, the Widow Donnelly protests because her son has gone missing. Young Cathy Murphy, the daughter of a Protestant, is trying to find her place among a people who ignore her. And pathological Handy Byrne, whose marksmanship makes him a valuable weapon, is out of control. Meanwhile, paranoia is growing because operations are beginning to go wrong. The townsfolk suspect a tout, but no one is willing to accept the evidence before their eyes.From its dramatic first chapter, Cross is an extraordinary evocation of the loyalties and divisions within a town governed by its own variety of law, where violence is rewarded and complicity is second nature. It is a complex tale of betrayal and brutality at the height of the Troubles, a moving, powerful and empathetic lament for a community that has lost its way in its battle for the nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Granta Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781803510859
• Artikelnr.: 72461870

Autorenporträt

AUSTIN DUFFY's debut novel This Living and Immortal Thing was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and was runner-up for the McKitterick Prize. He is also the author of Ten Days, which was shortlisted for the Diverse Awards, and The Night Interns, which was an Irish Times bestseller. He is a practising medical oncologist and lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.