Himself
Nominiert: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year, 2016, Nominiert: Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, 2017, Nominiert: CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, 2017
(Sprache: Englisch)
An unforgettable debut mixing murder, mayhem and buried secrets, and where the dead play as an important a part as the living
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An unforgettable debut mixing murder, mayhem and buried secrets, and where the dead play as an important a part as the living
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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016
Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017
Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017
1950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.
1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.
With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even the dead, can stay buried forever.
Autoren-Porträt von Jess Kidd
Kidd, JessJess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from County Mayo. Her first novel, Himself, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2016 and she was the winner of the Costa Short Story Award in the same year. In 2017, Himself was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award and longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. Her second novel, The Hoarder, was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award and longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Both books were BBC Radio 2 Book Club picks.
@JessKiddHerself jesskidd.com
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jess Kidd
- 2020, Main, 368 Seiten, Masse: 12,9 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- ISBN-10: 1786899833
- ISBN-13: 9781786899835
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
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Kidd's brilliantly bold debut mixes up murder and mayhem with the eerily supernatural. It's a tender, violent and funny story told in prose that is lyrical, lush and hugely imaginative. Utterly unputdownable Sunday Express
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