Red Dirt

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Pub Date Apr 01 2018 | Archive Date Mar 06 2017

Description

A group of young Irish migrants leave a man called Hopper for dead on an outback road in Australia. They barely know him; no-one will miss him in their world of hostels, wild nights on cheap wine and grinding work on isolated farms.

In this powerful novel about the discovery of responsibility, three young people – Fiona, Murph and Hopper – flee the collapse of their country's economy. In the heat and endless spaces of Australia they try to escape their past, but impulsive cruelty, shame and guilt drag them down, and it is easy to make terrible choices.

A group of young Irish migrants leave a man called Hopper for dead on an outback road in Australia. They barely know him; no-one will miss him in their world of hostels, wild nights on cheap wine and...


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Advance Praise

"A remarkably accomplished and vivid debut novel." JOSEPH O'CONNOR

"It is highly-impressive writing from a first-time novelist, a story that moves from humour to poignancy with ease." IRISH TIMES

"On my summer pile is Red Dirt. It promises to be a visceral thriller." Lisa McInerney for GUARDIAN Summer Reads

"A remarkably accomplished and vivid debut novel." JOSEPH O'CONNOR

"It is highly-impressive writing from a first-time novelist, a story that moves from humour to poignancy with ease." IRISH TIMES
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ISBN 9781784974640
PRICE $13.95 (USD)
PAGES 320

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