The Undiscovered Country

by Aidan McQuade

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'A smart and pacy debut' Irish Times

'One is struck by its mordant wit and fierce intelligence' Martin W. Sandler, National Book Award-winning author and historian

'A cracker read about morality and ethics in a time of conflict . . . A really accessible way of getting into complex stuff on nation-building and justice' Claire Hanna, MP for Belfast South

1920, the Irish War of Independence. Amid the turmoil of an emerging nation, two young IRA members assigned to police a rural village discover the body of a young boy, apparently drowned.

One of them, a veteran of the First World War, recognises violence when he sees it - but does one more corpse really matter in this time of bitter conflict?

The reluctant detectives must navigate the vicious bloodshed, murky allegiances and savage complexities of a land defining itself to find justice for the murdered boy. Neither of them realises just how dangerous their task will become.
  • ISBN13 9781783528080
  • Publish Date 20 August 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Unbound
  • Imprint Unbound Digital
  • Format eBook
  • Language English