Irregulars
2013
First Published
4.23
Average Rating
464
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Dublin, 1922, as civil war sets brother against brother and Free State and Republican death squads stalk the streets of Dublin, demobbed RIC-man Sean O Keefe is hired by one of Monto s most powerful brothel owners to search for her missing son. Hired to find the boy amid the tumult and terror of a country at war with itself, O Keefe soon discovers that the story is not as simple as it first seemed, and that sometimes the truth can depend on whose side you are on.
Avg Rating
4.23
Number of Ratings
188
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Kevin McCarthy
Author · 6 books
Kevin McCarthy is the author of Peeler (Mercier, 2010), an historical crime novel set during the War of Independence in Ireland. His short fiction has appeared in many journals both in print and on the web and his story, Twenty-five and Out, appears in Down These Green Streets: Irish Crime Writing in the 21st Century (Liberties, 2011). He was born in Suffolk, UK, where his father was stationed with the US Air Force. He served in the Air Force himself before studying at Boston College and University College Dublin. In 2005 he was awarded the Fingal County Council Arts Bursary for Fiction Writing.
