1950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage. With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts.Nothing, not even the dead, can stay buried forever. A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017 Format:Paperback / softback 368 pagesPublisher:Canongate BooksImprint:Canongate BooksEdition:MainISBN:9781786899835Published:2 Jan 2020Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Weight:256g
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