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Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary
Joseph Connolly
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London, 1939. Mary and Jack. In love, unmarried and happy. Until the outbreak of the Second World War. Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld. Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead to a backstreet abortion and an unexpected vocation. With every tone and cadence of this novel, from wireless to air-raid siren, Connolly conducts with masterful hand and compassionate grace the voices of ... Read more
London, 1939. Mary and Jack. In love, unmarried and happy. Until the outbreak of the Second World War. Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld. Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead to a backstreet abortion and an unexpected vocation. With every tone and cadence of this novel, from wireless to air-raid siren, Connolly conducts with masterful hand and compassionate grace the voices of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782067047
SKU
V9781782067047
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Ref
99-1
About Joseph Connolly
Joseph Connolly is the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling writer of eleven novels, as well as eleven works of non-fiction. He lives in London.
Reviews for Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary
'Proves Connolly to be an original and masterly novelist' Daily Mail.
Daily Mail
'An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War' Guardian.
Guardian
'An extraordinary work of sympathetic imagination' Scotsman.
Scotsman
Daily Mail
'An exuberant, often powerful and moving reading of the underside of the Second World War' Guardian.
Guardian
'An extraordinary work of sympathetic imagination' Scotsman.
Scotsman