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Book SynopsisBorn in Co. Wexford, ANDREW HUGHES was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. A qualified archivist, he worked for RTE before going freelance. It was while researching his acclaimed social history of Fitzwilliam Square Lives Less Ordinary: Dublin's Fitzwilliam Square, 1798-1922 that he first came across the true story of John Delahunt that inspired his debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt.
Andrew Hughes lives in Dublin.
Trade ReviewA quite exceptional novel . . . The world he creates has echoes of Kafka and Orwell . . . totally convincing. It draws you in like a trap. * C. J. SANSOM, author of Dissolution and Winter in Madrid *
Unputdownable . . . chillingly portrayed . . . a highly sophisticated first novel. * CHARLES PALLISER, author of The Quincunx *
Compelling and eerily authentic . . . Read it and be grateful to be alive in our day and age. * ROBERT GODDARD *
A dark, original story wrapped in a wonderful gothic gloom . . . it's a tough act to pull off, but Andrew Hughes manages it with brio. I heard echoes of James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson. * ANDREW TAYLOR, author of The American Boy and The Scent of Death *
Reminiscent of John Banville's
The Book of Evidence . . . a bracing, lurid tale that is as engrossing as it is chilling. -- Declan Burke * IRISH INDEPENDENT *
A vivid piece of writing . . . brings to mind Andrew Miller’s Costa-winning novel,
Pure. * IRISH TIMES *
Extraordinarily detailed world, impeccably researched . . . so superbly written that it soars as a masterly work of fiction . . . utterly compelling. -- Dermot Bolger * IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY *
An intriguing debut (that) sets out Hughes as one to watch. * SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND *
A skilfully planned, elegantly written debut . . . a riveting read. * SUNDAY INDEPENDENT *
Stupendous: a brilliant achievement for a first novel, completely compelling and with a perfectly damaged central character. * MANDA SCOTT *
