The Convictions of John Delahunt

ISBN-13: 9780552779418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 352 str.

Andrew Hughes

Opis

On a cold December morning in 1841, a small boy is enticed away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. But when Dublin learns why John Delahunt committed his vile crime, the outcry against him leaves no room for compassion. Though his fate is sealed, this feckless Trinity College student - who became a secret informer for Dublin Castle - seems neither to regret what he did nor fear his punishment. Based on true events that convulsed Victorian Dublin and still seem shocking to us today and shot through with dark humour, 'The Convictions of John Delahunt' is a gripping, chilling portrait of one man's duplicity.

Recenzje

A quite exceptional novel . . . The world he creates has echoes of Kafka and Orwell . . . totally convincing. It draws you in like a trap. C. J. SANSOM, author of Dissolution and Winter in Madrid

O autorze

Born in Co. Wexford, ANDREW HUGHES was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. A qualified archivist, he worked for RTE before going freelance. It was while researching his acclaimed social history of Fitzwilliam Square - Lives Less Ordinary: Dublin's Fitzwilliam Square, 1798-1922 - that he first came across the true story of John Delahunt that inspired his debut novel, The Convictions of John Delahunt.

Andrew Hughes lives in Dublin.