It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

A quick if intense novella, beautifully written. I seem to be reading quite a few books about Irish nuns at the moment.

To a fellow bookcrosser.

Thanks Jean-Sol

This may only be a short book, and a quick read, but it packs a punch. It is 1985, in a small Irish town in the weeks leading up to Christmas and Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant is facing his busiest season. He is a happily married man with 5 daughters, and they lead a comfortable life. He feels lucky as he is the son of a single mother but the woman his mother worked for looked out for him. He makes a delivery to the local convent and finds a young girl locked up in the coal shed, and he feels something is not right. It is beautifully written, and precisely makes the point it set out to make.

To be released at meetup

Taken away from meetup today. I love to read Booker Prize winners, and this could even qualify for the 666 reading challenge.