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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: An unhappy marriage is further shaken when IRA terrorists invade the coupleâs home in this âfirst rateâ thriller (The New York Times).  Michael Dillon, a self-described âpoet in a business suit,â is a once-aspiring writer in Belfast whose dreams have been consumed by a stultifying career as a hotel manager and a hateful marriage to his unstable wife, Moira. But on the day he decides to leave Moira for his younger lover and take off for London, IRA terrorists break into the Dillon home. Their plan is simple: Theyâll hold Moira hostage while Michael plants a bomb designed to kill a rabble-rousing Protestant and his flock convening for a political rally. If Michael goes to the police, Moira dies. Itâs only the first choice of manyâbecause in Brian Mooreâs âbreathtakingly constructedâ nightmare, the day has just begun (Los Angeles Times).  âThe plot [is] one that only a spoiler would revealâand risk ruining the surprises that detonate throughout the novel like cleverly hidden and elegantly designed incendiary devices. The notion of âunbearable suspenseâ is, of course, a cliché, but I found that I kept briefly putting down the novel to postpone the moment when I had to face what might happen next.â âFrancine Prose, The New York Times  |
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