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Resurrection Man

Resurrection Man

by EoinMcNamee (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $8.53
Synopsis

'An extraordinary book, illuminating not only the political map of Belfast but also the dark ring-roads of collective memory and the secret blueprints inside our heads.' Daily Telegraph Victor Kelly is the resurrection man, a violent and ruthless Protestant killer roaming the streets of Belfast in the 1970s. In this, his brilliant and shocking debut novel, Eoin McNamee announced his arrival as one of the leading chroniclers of Ireland's fractured past. 'Achingly exquisite prose as concentrated as poetry, as unfailing an ear for the cadences and quirks of Belfast dialogue as Roddy Doyle has for Dublin and a fatalistic sense of suspense.' Sunday Times 'McNamee's stunningly dreamlike prose conjures up images of marvellous precision and intensity . . . An awesomely impressive debut.' Time Out 'Impressively confident . . . as lean and grimly purposeful a book as the demon-driven terrorist it sets out to explore.' Jonathan Coe 'One of the most outstanding pieces of Irish fiction to come along in years.' Irish Times

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 May 2004
ISBN 10: 0571221777
ISBN 13: 9780571221776

Media Reviews
A work that ranks along with Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Graham Greene's This Gun for Hire . . . written in a spare, clean language that nonetheless makes ample room for luminous figurative language. --Pinckney Benedict, The Los Angeles Times Book Review Taut, harrowing and richly textured . . . Practically every paragraph is alive with intelligent, penetrating perceptions into his characters' thoughts and actions . . . Brilliant. --Chris Patsilelis, The Washington Post Book Worl
Author Bio
Eoin McNamee's novels include Resurrection Man, later made into a film, The Blue Tango, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and Orchid Blue, described by John Burnside in the Guardian as 'not only into a political novel of the highest order but also that rare phenomenon, a genuinely tragic work of art.'. He lives in Sligo.