Set in 1985 Ireland during the weeks leading up to Christmas for a vivid historical backdrop
Focuses on the quiet tensions and silences of a community controlled by the church, offering deep social insight
Award-winning author Keegan Claire delivers a moving, thought-provoking narrative
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize, ensuring literary recognition
Starring Cillian Murphy in a major motion picture adaptation, enhancing accessibility
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It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.
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