
The second novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies' Fast paced compelling & thrilling Lisa Mc Inerney writes the type of fiction that is both beautifully crafted & immensely enjoyable' Louise O' Neill' The Blood Miracles has all the brio street smarts & vicious linguistic verve of The Glorious Heresies but with this follow up Lisa Mc Inerney also reminds us just how brilliantly accomplished & ruthlessly focused a storyteller she is' Colin Barrett Like all twenty-year-olds Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is This is not a good time for his boss to exploit his dual heritage by opening a new black market route from Italy to Ireland It is certainly not a good time for his adored girlfriend to decide he's irreparably corrupted & he really wishes he hadn't accidentally caught the eye of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour There may be a way clear of the chaos in the business proposals of music promoter Colm & in the attention of the charming impulsive Natalie But now that his boss's ambitions have rattled the city Ryan is about to find out what he's made from & it might be that chaos is in his blood