THE FIRE STARTERS

Jan Carson

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**WINNER of the EU Prize for Literature** 'One of the most exciting and original Northern Irish writers of her generation' SUNDAY TIMES 'Gripping, affecting, surprising. I inhaled it' LISA MCINERNEY 'Captivating, intelligent and courageous' IRISH TIMES 'Spectacular. At once grittily real, wildly magical and insanely alluring - a siren-song of a novel. DONAL RYAN 'Jan Carson seems to have invented a new Belfast in this gripping, surprising, exhilarating novel. RODDY DOYLE 'A brilliant, wry novel, fizzing with energy.' BARNEY NORRIS Dr Jonathan Murray fears his new-born daughter is not as harmless as she seems.

Sammy Agnew is wrestling with his dark past, and fears the violence in his blood lurks in his son, too.

The city is in flames and the authorities are losing control. As matters fall into frenzy, and as the lines between fantasy and truth, right and wrong, begin to blur, who will these two fathers choose to protect?

Dark, propulsive and thrillingly original, this tale of fierce familial love and sacrifice fizzes with magic and wonder.


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  • Authors

    Jan Carson

  • Publisher

    Black Swan

  • Distributeur

    Side

  • Publication date

    05/03/2020

  • EAN

    9781784163846

  • Availablity

    Available

  • Nombre de pages

    304 Pages

  • Height

    19.8 cm

  • Width

    12.7 cm

  • Thickness

    1.8 cm

  • Item weight

    209 g

  • Support principal

    Poche

Jan Carson

  • Country : Irlande
  • Language : Anglais (irlande)

Jan Carson vit à Belfast, où elle est née dans une famille protestante.
Elle y anime des ateliers artistiques et publie depuis une dizaine d'années.
Comptant parmi les voix émergentes de la scène littéraire contemporaine,
elle est l'auteur d'un premier roman, de recueils de nouvelles et de microfictions, Postcard Stories 1 et 2, pas encore traduits en français.
Les Lanceurs de feu (The Fire Starters), son deuxième roman, a été
lauréat pour l'Irlande de l'édition 2019 du prix de littérature de l'Union
européenne, et finaliste du Dalkey Book Prize.

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