by Michael Collins (Author)
North America is truly Michael Collins's heart of darkness. And it is a territory mapped with infinite precision in this new novel of murder and menace set in the frozen wastes of a winter town on the shores of Lake Michigan. Twenty years ago, when Frank was five, his parents burned to death in this former mining town. Now his uncle is dead too, shot by a mysterious stranger. When Frank hears that the stranger bears the name of a man who died twenty years before, he decides to head North. To dig up the dead. The Resurrectionists is marked by the same spirit and pace that characterised his Booker-shortlisted Keepers of Truth . It's dark, sharp, fast, and blackly comic - a unique combination from a uniquely talented writer.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: W&N
Published: 11 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 1861591950
ISBN 13: 9781861591951
Book Overview: THE KEEPERS OF TRUTH shortlisted for Booker Prize 2000 'A style so arrestingly visual it hijacks the reader's concentration; dazzling with the energy and orginality of the language' Independent 'A rich and unpredictable talent' Irish Times 'Prose throbbing to the rhythm of Auden's 'Night Mail', but with serrated razor-wire as cutting edge. Unputdownable' Time Out 'Energetically brilliant' Michele Roberts 'One of the most exciting talents to have emerged not only in Ireland but anywhere in recent decades' Susan Hill