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The Mercy Boys

The Mercy Boys

by JohnBurnside (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $4.68
Synopsis

The Mercy Boys are four Dundee men who meet every day in their local pub and drink: first to find order, then oblivion. Each has his own ghosts, his dreams of escape. But when death comes to the Mercy Boys it comes suddenly and with staggering violence, and their dreams of leaving bleed into nightmares.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06 Apr 2000
ISBN 10: 0099773112
ISBN 13: 9780099773115

Media Reviews
[ The Mercy Boys ] takes place in Dundee, following the lives of four middle-aged men who drink far too much in a pub called the Mercy...profoundly disturbing. - The Times A powerful unsentimental account of men on the bleaker side of black. - Observer
Author Bio
John Burnside was born in 1955 and now lives in Fife. His novels include The Dumb House and, most recently, Burning Elvis. He has published six collections of poetry and has won a number of awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Poets in 1994.