The Glorious Heresies: A Novel
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- Synopsis
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From Lisa McInerney, hailed by The Irish Times as "arguably the most talented writer at work in Ireland today," comes The Glorious Heresies, a searing debut novel about life on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society.
When grandmother Maureen Phelan is surprised in her home by a stranger, she clubs the intruder with a Holy Stone.
The consequences of this unplanned murder connect four misfits struggling against their meager circumstances.
Ryan is a fifteen-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father, Tony, whose feud with his next-door neighbor threatens to ruin his family.
Georgie is a sex worker who half-heartedly joins a born-again movement to escape her profession and drug habit.
And Jimmy Phelan, the most fearsome gangster in the city and Maureen's estranged son, finds that his mother's bizarre attempts at redemption threaten his entire organization.
Biting and darkly funny, The Glorious Heresies presents an unforgettable vision of a city plagued by poverty and exploitation, where salvation still awaits in the most unexpected places.
Winner of the 2016 Women's Prize for Fiction
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 416 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780804189088
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780804189071
- Publisher:
- Crown/Archetype
- Date of Addition:
- 10/04/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Lisa McInerney
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.