Description for The Branchman
Paperback.
In this complex political thriller set in Galway in 1925, Detective Officer Michael Mackey of the newly-created Special Branch has been sent to the Garda Barracks in Ballinasloe on a mission to root out subversives. Soon he has a murder to solve, stolen arms to recover, and a lost love to rescue.This novel offers a timely, irreverent view of a young, febrile Irish Free State from the perspective of its newest police force, An Garda Síochána.
In this complex political thriller set in Galway in 1925, Detective Officer Michael Mackey of the newly-created Special Branch has been sent to the Garda Barracks in Ballinasloe on a mission to root out subversives. Soon he has a murder to solve, stolen arms to recover, and a lost love to rescue.This novel offers a timely, irreverent view of a young, febrile Irish Free State from the perspective of its newest police force, An Garda Síochána.
Product Details
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
Galway, Ireland
ISBN
9781851321896
SKU
9781851321896
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Nessa O´mahony
Nessa O’Mahony is a Dublin-born poet and novelist. She has published four books of poetry – Bar Talk, Trapping a Ghost, In Sight of Home, and Her Father’s Daughter. O’Mahony won the National Women’s Poetry Competition in 1997 and was shortlisted for the Patrick Kavanagh Prize and Hennessy Literature Awards.
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