Bibliograph

The ghost factory, Jenny McCartney

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The ghost factory, Jenny McCartney

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The ghost factory

Responsibility statement

Jenny McCartney

Summary

A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century. The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death business boomed. In trying to come to terms with his father's sudden death, and the attack on his harmless best friend Titch, Jacky is forced to face the bullies who still menace a city scarred by conflict. After he himself is attacked, he flees to London to build a new life. But even in the midst of a burgeoning love affair he hears the ghosts of his past echoing, pulling him back to Belfast, crying out for retribution and justice

Target audience

adult

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