Dublin, 1841. On a cold December morning, a small boy is enticed
away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. This could be
just one more small, sad death in a city riven by poverty,
inequality and political unrest, but this killing causes a public
outcry. For it appears the culprit - a feckless student named John
Delahunt - is also an informant for the authorities at Dublin
Castle. And strangely, this young man seems neither to regret what
he did nor fear his punishment. Indeed, as he awaits the hangman in
his cell in Kilmainham Gaol, John Delahunt decides to tell his
story in this, his final, deeply unsettling statement . . . Based
on true events that convulsed Victorian Ireland, The Convictions of
John Delahunt is the tragic tale of a man who betrays his family,
his friends, his society and, ultimately, himself. Set amidst
Dublin's taverns, tenements, courtrooms and alleyways and with its
rich, Dickensian cast of characters, this compelling, at times
darkly humorous, novel brilliantly evokes a time and a place, and
introduces a remarkable new literary voice.
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