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Cross
by Austin Duffy
Narrated by Ruairi Conaghan
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Pub Date 1 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 15 Aug 2024
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Description
1994, the summer of the ceasefire. In the Northern Irish border town of Cross, after decades of violent activity protesting British rule, a community plays out its end game.
Francie, a principled elder of the cause, has authorised the murder of a policeman – his teenage henchmen are triumphant at pulling it off. In the town square, the Widow Donnelly protests because her son has gone missing. Young Cathy Murphy, the daughter of a Protestant, is trying to find her place among a people who ignore her. And pathological Handy Byrne, whose marksmanship makes him a valuable weapon, is out of control.
Meanwhile, paranoia is growing because operations are beginning to go wrong. The townsfolk suspect a tout, but no one is willing to accept the evidence before their eyes.
From its dramatic first chapter, Cross is an extraordinary evocation of the loyalties and divisions within a town governed by its own variety of law, where violence is rewarded and complicity is second nature.
Advance Praise
Athrillingly tense read... a novel of riveting clarity and international relevance for our turbulent times -- Claire Kilroy
An intricately plotted game of cat and mouse where it's never clear who'll turn out to be the cat and who the mouse - a novel which brings Austin Duffy's distinctive blend of black humour and moral seriousness to the literature of the Troubles -- Carys Davies
Duffy is a writer everyone should be reading, starting with Cross - a jolting, gut-punch of a book in which Duffy masterfully captures how a state of perpetual conflict curdles life on individual, communal and even environmental levels, leaving no one and no place unscathed -- Noel O Regan
A tremendous novel, powerful and compelling, written with great gritty authenticity -- William Boyd
Available Editions
EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
ISBN | 9781038685896 |
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DURATION | 7 Hours |
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