| "With this novel Darran McCann succeeds in laying claim to a terrain entirely his own." Glenn Patterson |
An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. November 1917. With tensions in Ireland, war in Europe and revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to his home village after a long exile. Radicalised by his experiences in the Dublin Lockout and Easter Rising, Victor is a hero to many but a danger to some. Those closest to Victor know his true nature: his father, Pius, now drinking himself to death; his oldest friend, Charlie, wounded in the trenches; and the love of his life, Maggie, who he left behind years before. But soon Victor and the fearsome parish priest, Stanislaus Benedict, are on a collision course, with the very souls of the people caught between religion and socialism. Told from the perspectives of these two equally strong-willed characters, After the Lockout is a first novel of tremendous ambition and achievement. At its heart is a conflict emblematic of a recurring faultline in Irish history, and of one more eternal and universal: between hope and experience; between ideals and human weakness.
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March 2013 : Paperback
| Title: After the Lockout Author(s): Darran McCann ISBN: 0-00-742949-5 / 978-0-00-742949-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
February 2012 : Paperback
| Title: After the Lockout Author(s): Darran McCann ISBN: 0-00-742947-9 / 978-0-00-742947-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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February 2012 : Digital Download
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February 2012 : Kindle edition
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