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Jaq: A Top Boy Story
Ronan Bennett
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Description for Jaq: A Top Boy Story
Paperback.
AN IRISH TIMES FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR
I'm going to tell you everything. I'm gonna tell you the whole story.
Sometimes all it takes is a single message. Maybe it's bad, like a rival top boy's been switched off. Or maybe it's good, like an opportunity you never thought you'd get. But opportunities mean risks, and debts, and you never want to owe anyone anything.
Jaq's worked hard on the road since she was fourteen, bringing in money to keep her broken family afloat. Now she's built a good life near the top of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Canongate Books London
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781805300731
SKU
9781805300731
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About Ronan Bennett
Ronan Bennett was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His novel The Catastrophist (1997) won the Irish Post Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award. Havoc, in its third year (2004) won Irish Novel of the Year and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His recent work includes the feature film Public Enemies in 2009 and the television ... Read more
Reviews for Jaq: A Top Boy Story
[Ronan Bennett] is back with a bang
Belfast Telegraph
Praise for Ronan Bennett: Bennett's writing is as lush and sensual as ripe mangoes. His characters are complex and sympathetic. The tone, which is perfectly pitched, and the exotic setting collude to evoke an era of colonial decadence
Financial Times
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Belfast Telegraph
Praise for Ronan Bennett: Bennett's writing is as lush and sensual as ripe mangoes. His characters are complex and sympathetic. The tone, which is perfectly pitched, and the exotic setting collude to evoke an era of colonial decadence
Financial Times
... Read more