{"product_id":"the-glorious-heresies-9781444798883","title":"The Glorious Heresies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BAILEYS'' WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A head-spinning, stomach-churning state of the nation novel'' THE TELEGRAPH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Glorious, foul-mouthed, fizzing'' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Seriously enjoyable and high-octane'' IRISH TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe all do stupid things when we''re kids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyan Cusack''s grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd nobody says Ryan''s stupid. Not even behind his back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''s the people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his dad as a ''cleaner''. The neighbour who says she''s trying to help but maybe wants something more than that. The prostitute searching for the man she never knew she''d miss until he disappeared without trace one night . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only one on Ryan''s side is his girlfriend Karine. If he blows that, he''s all alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, touching, hilarious novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, touching, hilarious novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, touching, hilarious novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular debut . . . a head-spinning, stomach-churning state-of-the-nation novel about a nation falling apart\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular debut . . . a head-spinning, stomach-churning state-of-the-nation novel about a nation falling apart\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular debut . . . a head-spinning, stomach-churning state-of-the-nation novel about a nation falling apart\u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA big, brassy, sexy beast of a book\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA big, brassy, sexy beast of a book\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA big, brassy, sexy beast of a book\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb debut from a confident and comic writer\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb debut from a confident and comic writer\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb debut from a confident and comic writer\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiendishly hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiendishly hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiendishly hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll the trappings of a possible future classic . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea fascinating and accomplished commentary on modern Irish life\u003c\/b\u003e * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll the trappings of a possible future classic . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea fascinating and accomplished commentary on modern Irish life\u003c\/b\u003e * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll the trappings of a possible future classic . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea fascinating and accomplished commentary on modern Irish life\u003c\/b\u003e * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring, exuberant and generous novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring, exuberant and generous novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring, exuberant and generous novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is the humour and the sheer, seething, broiling energy of the prose, which is peppered with the kind of language your mother would call unforgivable. As in Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh at their best, it doesn't feel gratuitous. It just feels true\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is the humour and the sheer, seething, broiling energy of the prose, which is peppered with the kind of language your mother would call unforgivable. As in Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh at their best, it doesn't feel gratuitous. It just feels true\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is the humour and the sheer, seething, broiling energy of the prose, which is peppered with the kind of language your mother would call unforgivable. As in Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh at their best, it doesn't feel gratuitous. It just feels true\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rambunctious portrayal of a swaggering off-kilter underclasss\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rambunctious portrayal of a swaggering off-kilter underclasss\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rambunctious portrayal of a swaggering off-kilter underclasss\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis year's Baileys prize winner, the interlinked stories of chancers, gangsters and no-hopers in Cork city, is crime caper, teen romance and blisteringly dark social satire all rolled into one. Angry, funny and full of heart\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian summer reads *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis year's Baileys prize winner, the interlinked stories of chancers, gangsters and no-hopers in Cork city, is crime caper, teen romance and blisteringly dark social satire all rolled into one. 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