Bog Child

by Siobhan Dowd

Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him - his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in it up to the neck, blackmailed into acting as courier to God knows what, a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls. "Bog Child" is an astonishing novel exploring the sacrifices made in the name of peace, and the unflinching strength of the human spirit.

• ISBN10: 0385751702
• ISBN13: 9780385751704
• Publish Date: 9 September 2008 (first published 1 January 2008)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: David Fickling Books
• Edition: American ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

This was an interesting little read, beautifully written, complex and interesting characters, I was sadden to hear that the author passed before this book was published.