{"product_id":"the-blood-miracles-9781444798920","title":"The Blood Miracles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''If you like \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeaky Blinders\u003c\/i\u003e, Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino then this rackety, kinetic, hold-your-attention at gunpoint book for you'' THE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Devastatingly brilliant'' SALLY ROONEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Delectable and vigorously entertaining'' IRISH INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere 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'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis summer I can wholeheartedly recommend Lisa McInerney's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Blood Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e, the devastatingly brilliant follow-up to her prize-winning debut \u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Heresies\u003c\/i\u003e. In my inexpert opinion, McInerney's hero Ryan Cusack is quickly becoming one of Irish fiction's iconic protagonists\u003c\/b\u003e * Sally Rooney, Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you like \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeaky Blinders\u003c\/i\u003e, Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino then this is a rackety, kinetic, hold-your-attention-at-gunpoint book\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe narration is brisk and slick, the dialogue fizzing with acerbic wisecracking\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa McInerney is a writer busily combining the traditions of hardcore Irish crime writing with the kind of fast-talking foul-mouthed wit and gentle good humour that readers will recall from the work of Roddy Doyle, and producing popular state-of-the-nation novels as a consequence\u003c\/b\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn addictive read\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrainspotting \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eGoodfellas . . . \u003c\/i\u003eMcInerney writes with delicious irreverence and her fiction in this book has a fast, filmic quality\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMcInerney writes with enviable verve, swagger and humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelectable and vigorously entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLively, entertaining, salty and funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid, compelling and moving\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe plot's a slippery snake of dodgy deals and deadly double crosses, with a series of handbrake turns at the end. It's standard gangster stuff, spiked into originality by the chemical kick of McInerney's prose\u003c\/b\u003e * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hard-edged, gritty novel with terrific tempo and good characterisation . . . McInerney is a pacy storyteller at the top of her game\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa McInerney is a preposterously gifted writer, Amis-like, almost Shakespearean, in her ability to riff, refresh and amuse\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant noirish romp that also speaks of the sad fallout of a loveless childhood\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant noirish romp that also speaks of a loveless childhood\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe narration is brisk and slick, the dialogue fizzing with acerbic wisecracking\u003c\/b\u003e * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Mcinerney is a writer busily combining the traditions of hardcore Irish crime writing with the kind of fast-talking foul-mouthed wit and gentle good humour that readers will recall from the work of Roddy Doyle, and producing popular state-of-the-nation novels as a consequence\u003c\/b\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you like \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeaky Blinders\u003c\/i\u003e, Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino then this is a rackety, kinetic, hold-your-attention-at-gunpoint book\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn addictive read\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrainspotting \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eGoodfellas . . . \u003c\/i\u003eMcInerney writes with delicious irreverence and her fiction in this book has a fast, filmic quality\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMcInerney writes with enviable verve, swagger and humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelectable and vigorously entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLively, entertaining, salty and funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivid, compelling and moving\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe plot's a slippery snake of dodgy deals and deadly double crosses, with a series of handbrake turns at the end. It's standard gangster stuff, spiked into originality by the chemical kick of McInerney's prose\u003c\/b\u003e * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hard-edged, gritty novel with terrific tempo and good characterisation . . . McInerney is a pacy storyteller at the top of her game\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa McInerney is a preposterously gifted writer, Amis-like, almost Shakespearean, in her ability to riff, refresh and amuse\u003c\/b\u003e * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant noirish romp that also speaks of the sad fallout of a loveless childhood\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis summer I can wholeheartedly recommend Lisa McInerney's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Blood Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e, the devastatingly brilliant follow-up to her prize-winning debut \u003ci\u003eThe Glorious Heresies\u003c\/i\u003e. 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