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The Butchers

Yazan: Ruth Gilligan
Seslendiren: Jessica Regan
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The first novel truly to capture the story of Ireland during the BSE crisis, shown through the small, deeply intimate stories of four people caught up in its churn.

A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the very first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat hook suspended from the ceiling - and, from its sharp point, the lifeless body of a man hanging by his feet.

The story of who he is and how he got there casts back into Irish folklore, of widows cursing the land and of the men who slaughter its cattle by hand. But modern Ireland is distrustful of ancient traditions and as the BSE crisis in England presents get-rich opportunities in Ireland, few care about 'The Butchers', the eight men who roam the country, slaughtering the cows of those who still have faith in the old ways.

Few care, that is, except for Fionn, the husband of a dying woman who still believes; their son Davey, who has fallen in love with the youngest of the Butchers; Gra, the lonely wife of one of the eight; and her 12-year-old daughter, Una, a girl who will grow up to carry a knife like her father and who will be the one finally to avenge the man in the photograph.

©2020 Ruth Gilligan (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Coming of Age Europe Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Kadın Kurgu Kurgu Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural World Literature Evlilik
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"Flawlessly, intricately plotted, but with such a compelling central mystery that I binged it like a Netflix show. The Butchers is deeply humane and astute on why we might take even the worst options available to us, at times deeply poignant and genuinely moving. It's stunning." (Luke Kennard, author of The Transition)

"Immersive...Gilligan is a writer I admire." (Jess Kidd, Daily Mail)

"Graceful, confident, vivid...I loved this beautifully written novel." (Joseph O'Connor)
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This is an interestingly structured multi-yarn including a must -have twist in the tale. It uses the BSC crisis of ‘96 as a back drop for old Ireland growîg up to be Modern Ireland, the inévitable growing pains being shared by both it’s teen protagonists. Along the way some obvious points about homosexuality and domestic violence are made and many of the characters seem a little familiar. There are also some questionable attempts at truisme. The language is fresh and arresting at the start but has become tired and even hokey in places by the end. But, hey! She was 18 when she wrote this thing which is after all engaging and page turny, so …

I mean, pretty ood for an 18 year old!

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