Country : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : Custom House, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
Fiction Hughes, M
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Published
New York, NY : Custom House, [2019].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by John Murray (Publishers), an imprint of Hachette UK." -- Title page verso.
Description
After twenty-five years of vicious conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed to an uneasy ceasefire as a first step towards lasting peace. But, faced with the prospect that decades of savage violence and loss have led only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country question whether it really is time to pull back--or quite the opposite. When an IRA man's wife turns informer, he and his brother gather their comrades for an assault on the local army base. But old grudges boil over, and the squad's feared sniper, Achill, refuses to risk his life to defend another man's pride. As the gang plots without him, the British SAS are sent to crush the rogue terror cell before it can wreck the fragile truce and drag the region back to the darkest days of the Troubles. Meanwhile, Achill's young protégé grabs his chance to join the fray in his place ... Inspired by the oldest war story of them all, Michael Hughes's virtuoso novel explores the brutal glory of armed conflict, the cost of Ireland's most uncivil war, and the bitter tragedy of those on both sides who offer their lives to defend the dream of country.--,Publisher's description.
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