* THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times) * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 * *
WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022 * * SHORTLISTED FOR BRITISH BOOK
OF THE YEAR: DEBUT FICTION * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022 * * AN
OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2022 * * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME *
--------------------------- 'Like Sally Rooney mixed with a political thriller' RUSSELL KANE
'Intense unflinchingly honest it broke my heart a million times' MARIAN KEYES 'Absolutely
loved it' MAX PORTER 'A beautiful devastating novel' NICK HORNBY One by one she undid each
event each decision each choice. If Davy had remembered to put on a coat. If Seamie McGeown
had not found himself alone on a dark street. If Michael Agnew had not walked through the door
of the pub on a quiet night in February in his white shirt. There is nothing special about the
day Cushla meets Michael a married man from Belfast in the pub owned by her family. But here
love is never far from violence and this encounter will change both of their lives forever. As
people get up each morning and go to work school church or the pub the daily news rolls in
of another car bomb exploded another man beaten killed or left for dead. In the class Cushla
teaches the vocabulary of seven-year-old children now includes phrases like 'petrol bomb' and
'rubber bullets'. And as she is forced to tread lines she never thought she would cross
tensions in the town are escalating threatening to destroy all she is working to hold
together. Tender and shocking Trespasses is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live
ordinary lives in extraordinary times. --------------------------- A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR:
THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * GUARDIAN * TELEGRAPH * NEW STATESMAN * DAILY MAIL * IRISH TIMES *
IRISH INDEPENDENT * BELFAST TELEGRAPH
