Iron Annie

A Novel

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DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE NOMINEE * An uncompromising, darkly humorous look at life in the criminal underworld of the Irish border from a major new Irish literary voice.

Dundalk–The Town, to locals–took Aoife in when she left home at eighteen. Now she’s gone from a small-time slinger of hash to a bona fide player in Dundalk’s criminal underworld. Aoife’s smart, savvy, and cool under pressure. Except, that is, when it comes to Annie. Annie is mysterious and compelling, and Aoife is desperate to impress her and keep her close. Unfortunately, not everyone in The Town shares Aoife’s opinion of Annie. So much so that when Aoife’s friend and associate, the Rat King, approaches her about off-loading ten kilos of stolen coke, he specifically tells her to keep Annie out of it. Aoife doesn’t want to do the job without Annie, though, so she lands on an idea. Annie has contacts in the UK, and sure it’d be better to get the coke as far away from Dundalk as possible. At first, everything goes to plan. But when Annie decides she’d like to stay in the UK, Aoife makes a decision that changes everything, and finds her whole world turned upside down.
 
Gritty yet tender, tragic yet hopeful, Iron Annie crackles with energy, warmth, and heart.

 
A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL.

On Sale
Jan 11, 2022
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN-13
9780593314814