Lisa McInerney

'The Glorious Heresies heralds the arrival of a glorious, foul-mouthed, fizzing new talent' SUNDAY TIMES 'Totally and unmistakably the real deal' KEVIN BARRY 'A real stunner; a wild ride of a read' DONAL RYAN 'A gripping and often riotously funny tale' COLIN BARRETT 'A punchy, edgy, sexy, fizzing feast of a debut novel' JOSEPH O'CONNOR 'He was definitely dead, whoever he was. He wore a once-black jumper and a pair of shiny tracksuit bottoms. The back of his head was cracked and his hair matted, but it had been foxy before that. A tall man, a skinny rake, another string of piss, now departed. She hadn't gotten a look at his face before she flaked him with the Holy Stone and she couldn't bring herself to turn him over.' One messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society. Ryan is a fifteen-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father Tony, whose obsession with his unhinged next-door neighbour threatens to ruin him and his family. Georgie is a prostitute whose willingness to feign a religious conversion has dangerous repercussions, while Maureen, the accidental murderer, has returned to Cork after forty years in exile to discover that Jimmy, the son she was forced to give up years before, has grown into the most fearsome gangster in the city. In seeking atonement for the murder and a multitude of other perceived sins, Maureen threatens to destroy everything her son has worked so hard for, while her actions risk bringing the intertwined lives of the Irish underworld into the spotlight . . . Biting, moving and darkly funny, The Glorious Heresies explores salvation, shame and the legacy of Ireland's twentieth-century attitudes to sex and family.

The Glorious Heresies

REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS. Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack. Former sex-worker Georgie wants the truth about Ryan's past out there but the journalist has her own agenda. Mel returns from Brexit Britain, ill-equipped to deal with the resurgence of a family scandal. Karine has always been sure of herself, till a terrible secret tugs the rug from under her. Maureen has got wind that things are changing, and if anyone's telling the story she wants to make sure it's her. A riotous blast of sex, scandal, obsession, love, feminism, gender, music, class and transgression from an author with tremendous, singular talent.

The Rules of Revelation

The second novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies JOINT WINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARD 2018 'Fast paced, compelling, and thrilling, Lisa McInerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully crafted and immensely enjoyable' Louise O'Neill 'The Blood Miracles has all the brio, street smarts and vicious linguistic verve of The Glorious Heresies, but with this follow up Lisa McInerney also reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished and ruthlessly focused a storyteller she is' Colin Barrett Like all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is. This is not a good time for his boss to exploit his dual heritage by opening a new black market route from Italy to Ireland. It is certainly not a good time for his adored girlfriend to decide he's irreparably corrupted. And he really wishes he hadn't accidentally caught the eye of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour. There may be a way clear of the chaos in the business proposals of music promoter Colm and in the attention of the charming, impulsive Natalie. But now that his boss's ambitions have rattled the city, Ryan is about to find out what he's made of, and it might be that chaos is in his blood.

The Blood Miracles

A story from Lisa McInerney to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.

Five Sites, Five Stages: A Story from the collection, I Am Heathcliff

Cork. Ryan, quindici anni, pianista misconosciuto e piccolo spacciatore innamorato perso; suo padre Tony, rimasto vedovo con sei figli e un affetto per la bottiglia che lo spinge ai margini del mondo; Maureen, donna di mezza età torturata dalle colpe del passato e da un fantasma istantaneo che s’insedia nel suo presente; il figlio Jimmy, gangster col senso della famiglia; Robbie, tossico dai capelli rosso sporco che s’infila nella casa sbagliata per recuperare un piccolo oggetto religioso appartenuto alla sua donna, Georgie, prostituta in cerca di redenzione. L’Irlanda di oggi è un posto complicato; Cork ancora di più. Sei vite intrecciate attorno a un delitto che ha un che di comico nel suo farsi; la rabbia e la disperazione di un mondo che cerca di darsi delle regole, per quanto storte, e continua a tradirle. Una voce nuova, sporca, irriverente, spietata, da una terra che ha dato al mondo grandi narratori.

Peccati gloriosi

Eén slordige moord verandert onherroepelijk vijf levens in het Ierse Cork: de vijftienjarige drugsdealer Ryan wil koste wat kost niet worden als zijn vader, alcoholist Tony. Prostituee Georgie, een klant van Ryan, is bereid heel ver te gaan om te krijgen wat ze wil, zelfs veinzen dat ze de Heer gevonden heeft. Georgies vriend en pooier is per ongeluk vermoord door Maureen, die na veertig jaar tegen wil en dank is herenigd met haar zoon Jimmy, de meest gevreesde gangster van de stad. Alle vijf proberen ze op hun eigen manier boete te doen voor hun zonden, echte en vermeende. Maar zo gemakkelijk kom je niet in het reine met jezelf.

Weergaloze dwalingen

Miracles du sang, sans être une suite des Hérésies glorieuses (The Glorious Heresies), reprend un de ses personnages, Ryan Cusack. Le jeune dealer amoureux est maintenant âgé de 20 ans. Il essaie de trouver sa place dans l’univers sans pitié de Cork, entre la violence de son père alcoolique, l’absence de sa mère, la douceur de sa petite-amie Karine, et la drogue omniprésente. Lorsque son meilleur ami Dan, le deuxième plus gros dealer de la ville, a l’idée de tirer profit des origines italiennes de Ryan pour développer ses entreprises illégales, le jeune homme se retrouve une fois de plus plongé dans les méandres inquiétants de sa ville. Progressivement, il s’impose comme l’interlocuteur de premier choix de la mafia napolitaine dans l’acheminement de l’ecstasy en Irlande et fait de nouvelles rencontres périlleuses. Abandonné par Karine, acculé, il prend des décisions aux répercussions dramatiques. Le fragile équilibre qu’il avait réussi à construire résistera-t-il à l’engrenage mortifère dans lequel il est pris ?

Miracles du sang

Glorreiche Ketzereien

Los pecados gloriosos es un recorrido por los caminos del remordimiento y la vergüenza, así como por el legado de las actitudes irlandesas del siglo pasado en materia sexual y familiar. Un desagradable asesinato incide sobre las vidas de cinco inadaptados que habitan los márgenes de la sociedad irlandesa posterior a la crisis de 2008. Ryan es un traficante de drogas quinceañero desesperado por no acabar como su padre, el alcohólico Tony, cuya obsesión por su desquiciada vecina amenaza con acarrear la ruina de este y de su familia. Georgie es una prostituta cuya disposición a simular una conversión religiosa tiene repercusiones peligrosas, mientras que Maureen, la asesina accidental, regresa a Cork tras cuarenta años de exilio y descubre que Jimmy, el hijo al que se vio obligada a renunciar años atrás, se ha convertido en el gángster más temible de la ciudad. Al tratar de expiar el homicidio y multitud de otros supuestos pecados, Maureen amenaza con destruir lo que tanto le ha costado edificar a su hijo, a la vez que sus actos amenazan con poner en el punto de mira los entresijos y las interrelaciones del hampa irlandesa.

Los pecados gloriosos

'THE RULES OF REVELATION is not only a glorious, bold, funny state-of-the-nation novel, but a beautiful and painful love story too' SALLY ROONEY REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS. Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack. Former sex-worker Georgie wants the truth about Ryan's past out there but the journalist has her own agenda. Mel returns from Brexit Britain, ill-equipped to deal with the resurgence of a family scandal. Karine has always been sure of herself, till a terrible secret tugs the rug from under her. Maureen has got wind that things are changing, and if anyone's telling the story she wants to make sure it's her. A riotous blast of sex, scandal, obsession, love, feminism, gender, music, class and transgression from an author with tremendous, singular talent.

Lisa McInerney

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