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'THE RULES OF REVELATION is not only a glorious, bold, funny
state-of-the-nation novel, but a beautiful and painful love story
too' SALLY ROONEY 'One of the great achievements of modern Irish
fiction' SUNDAY TIMES REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS.
Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of
secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack. Former
sex-worker Georgie wants the truth about Ryan's past out there but
the journalist has her own agenda. Mel returns from Brexit Britain,
ill-equipped to deal with the resurgence of a family scandal.
Karine has always been sure of herself, till a terrible secret tugs
the rug from under her. Maureen has got wind that things are
changing, and if anyone's telling the story she wants to make sure
it's her. A riotous blast of sex, scandal, obsession, love,
feminism, gender, music, class and transgression from an author
with tremendous, singular talent.
'THE RULES OF REVELATION is not only a glorious, bold, funny
state-of-the-nation novel, but a beautiful and painful love story
too' SALLY ROONEY REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS. Ireland.
Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan
Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack. Former sex-worker
Georgie wants the truth about Ryan's past out there but the
journalist has her own agenda. Mel returns from Brexit Britain,
ill-equipped to deal with the resurgence of a family scandal.
Karine has always been sure of herself, till a terrible secret tugs
the rug from under her. Maureen has got wind that things are
changing, and if anyone's telling the story she wants to make sure
it's her. A riotous blast of sex, scandal, obsession, love,
feminism, gender, music, class and transgression from an author
with tremendous, singular talent.
Working-class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged
and dispossessed. Common People is a collection of essays, poems
and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are
narratives rich in barbed humour, reflecting the depth and texture
of working-class life, the joy and sorrow, the solidarity and the
differences, the everyday wisdom and poetry of the woman at the bus
stop, the waiter, the hairdresser. Here, Kit de Waal brings
together thirty-three established and emerging writers who invite
you to experience the world through their eyes, their voices loud
and clear as they reclaim and redefine what it means to be working
class. Features original pieces from Damian Barr, Malorie Blackman,
Lisa Blower, Jill Dawson, Louise Doughty, Stuart Maconie, Chris
McCrudden, Lisa McInerney, Paul McVeigh, Daljit Nagra, Dave
O'Brien, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Anita Sethi, Tony Walsh, Alex Wheatle
and more.
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 WINNER OF THE
DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016 We all do stupid things when we're kids.
Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six
with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you. And
nobody says Ryan's stupid. Not even behind his back. It's the
people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his
dad as a 'cleaner'. The neighbour who says she's trying to help but
maybe wants something more than that. The prostitute searching for
the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without
trace one night . . . The only one on Ryan's side is his girlfriend
Karine. If he blows that, he's all alone. But the truth is, you
don't know your own strength till you need it.
The second novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The
Glorious Heresies 'Fast paced, compelling, and thrilling, Lisa
McInerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully
crafted and immensely enjoyable' Louise O'Neill 'The Blood Miracles
has all the brio, street smarts and vicious linguistic verve of The
Glorious Heresies, but with this follow up Lisa McInerney also
reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished and ruthlessly focused
a storyteller she is' Colin Barrett Like all twenty-year-olds, Ryan
Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is. This is not a
good time for his boss to exploit his dual heritage by opening a
new black market route from Italy to Ireland. It is certainly not a
good time for his adored girlfriend to decide he's irreparably
corrupted. And he really wishes he hadn't accidentally caught the
eye of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour. There
may be a way clear of the chaos in the business proposals of music
promoter Colm and in the attention of the charming, impulsive
Natalie. But now that his boss's ambitions have rattled the city,
Ryan is about to find out what he's made of, and it might be that
chaos is in his blood.
REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS. Ireland. Great nationalists,
bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to
deliver its soundtrack. Former sex-worker Georgie wants the truth
about Ryan's past out there but the journalist has her own agenda.
Mel returns from Brexit Britain, ill-equipped to deal with the
resurgence of a family scandal. Karine has always been sure of
herself, till a terrible secret tugs the rug from under her.
Maureen has got wind that things are changing, and if anyone's
telling the story she wants to make sure it's her. A riotous blast
of sex, scandal, obsession, love, feminism, gender, music, class
and transgression from an author who is 'totally and unmistakably
the real deal' (Kevin Barry).
We read because we want to experience lives and emotions beyond our
own, to learn, to see with others' eyes. The 32 is a celebration of
working-class voices from the island of Ireland. Edited by
award-winning novelist Paul McVeigh, this intimate and illuminating
collection features memoir and essays from established and emerging
Irish voices including Kevin Barry, Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle,
Lisa McInerney, Lyra McKee and many more. Too often, working-class
writers find that the hurdles they come up against are higher and
harder to leap over than those faced by writers from more affluent
backgrounds. As in Common People - an anthology of working-class
writers edited by Kit de Waal and the inspiration behind this
collection - The 32 sees writers who have made that leap reach back
to give a helping hand to those coming up behind. Without these
working-class voices, without the vital reflection of real lives or
role models for working-class readers and writers, literature will
be poorer. We will all be poorer.
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