Authors: Eoin McNamee
Eoin McNamee was born in Kilkeel, County Down, in 1961. He was educated in various schools in the North of Ireland and at Trinity College, Dublin. His first book, the novella
The Last of Deeds
, was shortlisted for the
Irish Times
Literature Prize and his novels include
Orchid Blue
and
The Blue Tango
, which was Longlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sligo.
‘A remarkable achievement, horrifying, funny, elemental and true.’ John Banville
‘Achingly exquisite prose as concentrated as poetry, as unfailing an ear for the cadences and quirks of Belfast dialogue as Roddy Doyle has for Dublin and a fatalistic sense of suspense.’
Sunday Times
‘Impressively confident … as lean and grimly purposeful a book as the demon-driven terrorist it sets out to explore.’ Jonathan Coe
‘One of the most outstanding pieces of Irish fiction to come along in years.’
Irish Times
First published in 1994
by Picador
First published in 2004
by Faber and Faber Limited
Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2012
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