The Ghost Factory

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‘Several recent novels have taken the Troubles as their theme… ranks among the best of these fictions. It is a wonderfully large-souled book’ ‘Wonderful. I was gripped at times, and surprised by laughter, and bound up helplessly with Jacky's fate. . The Ghost Factory deserves to be a huge success’ Anthony Quinn, author of ‘As a private, intimate reflection on what it was like to live through the worst years of the violence, this novel is unrivalled’ ‘Deftly plotted and adroitly written, this account of Jacky’s conflicts is ’ The novel explores the effects, psychological and physical, on victims, families and neighbourhoods. ' ‘This , gives a deeply human face to Northern Ireland’s Troubles’ 'Friendship, loyalty, love and retribution are the stuff of this violent but emotional and touching novel with a cautionary sting in the tail. Jacky is a well-rounded character, torn between his future and what has gone before. He is given an authentic, engaging voice which pulls in the reader, with well-judged flashes of humour’ ‘Spare, elegant and effective’ ‘For those concerned with the everyday practice of human rights violations in Northern Ireland, . It is about "the pain of others", as the writer Susan Sontag might put it. But it is also about the universal qualities of empathy, friendship, humour, faithfulness and erotic love’