Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: An unhappy marriage is
further shaken when IRA terrorists invade the couple's home in this
"first rate" thriller (The New York Times). Michael Dillon, a
self-described "poet in a business suit," is a once-aspiring writer
in Belfast whose dreams have been consumed by a stultifying career
as a hotel manager and a hateful marriage to his unstable wife,
Moira. But on the day he decides to leave Moira for his younger
lover and take off for London, IRA terrorists break into the Dillon
home. Their plan is simple: They'll hold Moira hostage while
Michael plants a bomb designed to kill a rabble-rousing Protestant
and his flock convening for a political rally. If Michael goes to
the police, Moira dies. It's only the first choice of many-because
in Brian Moore's "breathtakingly constructed" nightmare, the day
has just begun (Los Angeles Times). "The plot [is] one that only a
spoiler would reveal-and risk ruining the surprises that detonate
throughout the novel like cleverly hidden and elegantly designed
incendiary devices. The notion of 'unbearable suspense' is, of
course, a cliche, but I found that I kept briefly putting down the
novel to postpone the moment when I had to face what might happen
next." -Francine Prose, The New York Times
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