The Glorious Heresies
Lisa McInerney · b. 1981 · Ireland
Why it matters
A gangster's mother accidentally kills an intruder, entangling a teenage drug dealer, a burnt-out prostitute, and half of recession-ravaged Cork in the fallout. A foul-mouthed, blackly comic debut that finds real tenderness inside urban Irish poverty and crime.
At a glance
crime & noircomedyfamily saga
Difficulty 6/10medium pace384 pagesThick Cork dialect and multiple interwoven characters take some acclimation.
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