Himself

by Jess Kidd

Rating: 4 (2 votes)

Tags: Set in Congo Female author

Himself

Description:
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 20171950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even the dead, can stay buried forever.

Reviews:

Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Ceri
(6 years ago)
03 Mar, 2018
This was a book club choice and sadly not really my cup of tea. If you like urban fantasy/crime/ghost/speculative fiction you might like this one

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