Himself
of Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author)
Description
A charming neâer-do-well returns to his haunted Irish hometown to uncover the truth about his mother in this âsupernaturally skilled debutâ (Vanity Fair) and turns the townâand his lifeâupside down.Having been abandoned at an orphanage as a baby, Mahony assumed all his life that his mother wanted nothing to do with him. That is, until one night in 1976 while drinking a pint at a Dublin pub, he receives an anonymous note implying that she may have been forced to give him up. Determined to find out what really happened, Mahony embarks on a pilgrimage back to his hometown, the rural village of Mulderrig. Neither he nor Mulderrig can possibly prepare for whatâs in storeâŠFrom the moment he arrives, Mahonyâs presence completely changes the village. Women fall all over themselves. The real and the fantastic are blurred. Chatty ghosts rise from their graves with secrets to tell, and local preacher Father Quinn will do anything to get rid of the slippery young man who is threatening the moral purity of his parish.A spectacular new addition to the grand Irish storytelling tradition, Himself âis a darkly comic tale of murder, intrigue, haunting and illegitimacyâŠwickedly funnyâ (Daily Express).
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 358 pages
- Publisher Canongate Books
- Publication Date March 14th 2017
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781782118459
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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