"A raw, passionate, brutal yet beautifully written book set in 1970s Ireland."
Trespasses is an incredible novel and even more special that it’s a debut. It’s political without being political. It’s a love story without the mush. It’s religious without the religion. It has it all.
Such dark. Such light. So raw. So brutal. So heartbreaking. But so, so beautiful.
Set in 1970s Ireland it focusses on the relationship between Cushla Lavery a 24 year old teacher who helps out in her family’s pub and Michael Agnew a married much old man who is a Belfast barrister.
It’s set in a time where armies raid wedding receptions, where car bombs are ten-a-penny, where you go through security to get into town and everyone’s umbrellas are checked for devices. In certain parts of town you get stopped and searched by British soldiers every time you go out the door and you’re scared to open your mouth in case you offend anyone and end up on a loyalist hit list.
A time where children don’t wear uniform on a picnic day out to protect them and save them bring recognised as catholics.
Where a bomb and no deaths are a gift.
It’s so real, so moving, and written with such passion and composure. This will be one of my books of the year. Such a Star. I wiped a tear as I read the final page and felt bereft. Gutted that I’d finished it.
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