Your browser does not support Javascript or it has been turned off. Please enable JavaScript to be able to add items to your Cart and Checkout.

Cross

by Austin Duffy

Qty

€ 12.50

ISBN: 9781803510842

1994, the summer of the ceasefire. In the Northern Irish border town of Cross, after decades of violent protest against British rule, a community plays out its end game.

Francie, a principled elder of the cause, has authorised the murder of a policeman; his teenage henchmen are triumphant at pulling it off. In the town square, the Widow Donnelly protests because her son has gone missing. Young Cathy Murphy, the daughter of a Protestant, is trying to find her place among a people who ignore her, and pathological Handy Byrne, whose marksmanship makes him a valuable weapon, is out of control. Meanwhile, paranoia is growing because operations are beginning to go wrong. The townsfolk suspect a tout, but no one is willing to accept the evidence before their eyes.

Cross is an extraordinary act of ventriloquism, intimately capturing the language, humour, loyalties and divisions within a lawless town, where violence is rewarded and complicity is second nature. It is an intricate tale of betrayal and brutality at the height of the Troubles, a moving, powerful and empathetic lament for a community that has lost its way in its battle for the nation.

In Stock.

Usually despatched in 2-5 working days.

Date of Publication: 05/06/2025

Cover of Cross - Austin Duffy - 9781803510842

Paperback

Cross also appears in these Categories:

New Fiction

Cover of Dopeman Vol.2

Cover of No Small Thing

Orlaine McDonald

Cover of City of Silk

Cover of Kagurabachi, Vol. 3: Volume 3

Kagurabachi, Vol. 3: Volume 3

Takeru Hokazono

Cover of The Silent Resistance

The Silent Resistance

Cover of The Wrong Game

Cover of Small Town Horror

Small Town Horror

Trade Paperback

Cover of House of Flame and Shadow

House of Flame and Shadow

Cover of Dead Space Vol. 2 Salvage

Dead Space Vol. 2 Salvage

Anthony Johnston

Cover of Kitty's War

Cover of Long Island

Cover of Long Story

Trade Paperback

Cover of Some of This is True

Some of This is True

Michelle McDonagh

Trade Paperback

Cover of Our London Lives

Our London Lives

Christine Dwyer Hickey

Cover of Our Song

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Life Impossible

The Life Impossible

Cover of FDR Drive

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Irish Key

Cover of Shy Creatures

Cover of Guilty

Fiction

Cover of Releasing 10

Cover of Here One Moment

Here One Moment

Percival Everett

Cover of The Glassmaker

Tracy Chevalier

Cover of Table For Two

Cover of Think Again

Jacqueline Wilson

Cover of Precipice

Cover of Night Swimmers

Cover of A Cold Wind From Moscow

A Cold Wind From Moscow

Cover of There are Rivers in the Sky

There are Rivers in the Sky

Cover of Orbital

Samantha Harvey

Cover of The Covenant of Water

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

Cover of Binding 13

Cover of To Kill a Mockingbird - 60th Anniversary Edition

To Kill a Mockingbird - 60th Anniversary Edition

Cover of Kitty's War

Cover of Change of Hart

Cover of Rewind It Back

Cover of This Is How You Remember It

This Is How You Remember It

Catherine Prasifka

Cover of Berlin Duet

Cover of Butter

New Releases

Cover of Catastrophe: Nakba II

Catastrophe: Nakba II

Cover of Long Island

Cover of Intermezzo

Cover of Never Flinch

Trade Paperback

Cover of House of Flame and Shadow

House of Flame and Shadow

Cover of Long Story

Trade Paperback

Cover of Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Cover of The Episode: A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing

The Episode: A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing

Trade Paperback

Cover of Speak to Me of Home

Speak to Me of Home

Jeanine Cummins

Trade Paperback

Cover of Some of This is True

Some of This is True

Michelle McDonagh

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Racket

Cover of Lonely Planet The Italian Lakes

Lonely Planet The Italian Lakes

Cover of Pure Gold

Cover of Our Song

Trade Paperback

Cover of Our London Lives

Our London Lives

Christine Dwyer Hickey

Cover of Only in New York

Only in New York

Trade Paperback

Cover of This Interim Time

This Interim Time

Cover of The Little Book of Ikigai

The Little Book of Ikigai

Cover of Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide For Parents

Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide For Parents

Trade Paperback

Cover of I Loved Him From The Day He Died

I Loved Him From The Day He Died

Michael Harding