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Released: April 6, 2023
Length: 7 hrs 37 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Penguin

Brought to you by Penguin, this acclaimed debut explores life in Belfast through the eyes of Sean, who returns to old habits amidst the city's scarred streets and unfulfilled promises of peace. Winner of the Rooney Prize for Literature 2023 and the Waterstones Irish Book of the Year 2023, the novel offers a humane and tender depiction of characters navigating their complex realities. Praised for its authenticity and emotional depth, it has also been shortlisted for several prestigious awards in 2023.

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Cover of The Ultimate Modern Classics Collection: Volume 2 - 23 Novels and Stories from E. M. Forster, William Faulkner, Thomas Mann, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, & Much More

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