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**THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF 2023** A dead child
on a London estate and the finger of suspicion pointing at one
reclusive Irish family: the Greens. . . 'As much of a compulsive
read as the first' THE TIMES 'One masterful novel... Nolan has
excelled herself' TELEGRAPH It's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves
has it all: a burgeoning career as a reporter, fierce ambition and
a brisk disregard for the 'peasants' - ordinary people, his
readers, easy tabloid fodder. His star looks set to rise when he
stumbles across a scoop: a dead child on a London estate, grieving
parents loved across the neighbourhood, and the finger of suspicion
pointing at one reclusive family of Irish immigrants and 'bad
apples': the Greens. At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful,
other-worldly, broken, and once destined for a future beyond her
circumstances until life - and love - got in her way. Crushed by
failure and surrounded by disappointment, there's nowhere for her
to go and no chance of escape. Now, with the police closing in on a
suspect and the tabloids hunting their monster, she must confront
the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many
generations. 'Heartbreaking, society-examining stuff' VOGUE
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The Fly on the Wheel (Hardcover, New edition)
Katherine Cecil Thurston; Introduction by Megan Nolan; Illustrated by Fatti Burke; Cover design or artwork by Fatti Burke
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Discovery Miles 4 660
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**THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF 2023** A dead child
on a London estate and the finger of suspicion pointing at one
reclusive Irish family: the Greens. . . 'As much of a compulsive
read as the first' THE TIMES 'One masterful novel... Nolan has
excelled herself' TELEGRAPH It's 1990 in London and Tom Hargreaves
has it all: a burgeoning career as a reporter, fierce ambition and
a brisk disregard for the 'peasants' - ordinary people, his
readers, easy tabloid fodder. His star looks set to rise when he
stumbles across a scoop: a dead child on a London estate, grieving
parents loved across the neighbourhood, and the finger of suspicion
pointing at one reclusive family of Irish immigrants and 'bad
apples': the Greens. At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful,
other-worldly, broken, and once destined for a future beyond her
circumstances until life - and love - got in her way. Crushed by
failure and surrounded by disappointment, there's nowhere for her
to go and no chance of escape. Now, with the police closing in on a
suspect and the tabloids hunting their monster, she must confront
the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many
generations. 'Heartbreaking, society-examining stuff' VOGUE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD
'Crushing...intensely vital' Observer 'It's impossible to tear
yourself away' The Times 'Such brilliant writing about female
desire...honest and visceral' Marian Keyes She's twenty-three and
in love with love. He's older, and the most beautiful man she's
ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship
is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak.
She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the
other's ideals. He keeps emailing his thin, glamorous ex, and she's
starting to give in to secret, shameful cravings of her own. The
search for a fix is frantic, and taking a dangerous turn... We're
all looking to get what we want - but do we know what we need?
*GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK OF THE MONTH *
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