WINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLI
OT PRIZE 2016 'The Glorious Heresies heralds the arrival of a glorious, foul-mou
thed, fizzing new talent' SUNDAY TIMES Maureen didn't mean to kill a man, but wh
at can a poor dear do when she's surprised by an intruder and only has a holy st
one to hand? Lucky that she's just reconnected with her estranged son Jimmy, bec
ause as the most feared gangster in Cork he certainly has the tools to sort out
the mess. So Jimmy enlists his boyhood buddy Tony, who with six kids and a love
of the bottle could certainly do with the money, even if his teenage son, Ryan,
is far too keen to grow up so he can become a gangster himself. And all is going
to plan until Georgie, the girlfriend of the hapless intruder, starts to wonder
where he went ...
