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Cross by Austin Duffy

Original price was: $15.13.Current price is: $12.10.

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...

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.

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Cross by Austin Duffy

Cross by Austin Duffy

Original price was: $13.99.Current price is: $11.19.

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...

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.

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