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Absolutely beautiful… Set in Dublin Ireland 1994, the town is infested with drug addicts and crime is at its peak… We follow Billy, a salesman whose only daughter ends up in a coma after a dastardly robbery. The culprits are apprehended and set to be a charged in court but on the day of the sentence Leggi tutto

Billy Sweeney is writing a letter to his daughter, Maeve. But she may never read it since she is lying comatose in a Dublin hospital, the victim of a brutal assault by four thugs during a petrol station robbery. The letter is both a confession and the account of a revenge that goes horribly wrong. O Leggi tutto

This is my favourite book of all time. They way in which the story unfolds and the relationship between the two main characters is amazing and very gripping . I found this book to be an emotional roller coaster which actually made me cry, lovely book and superbly written .

3,5/5 Pamenu, ilgokai mano būtinų perskaityti knygų sąraše buvo airių rašytojo O’Connor romanas “Pardavėjas”. Nenuostabu, nes jis išleistas dar 1998 metais, o išverstas į lietuvių kalbą 2000 metais, pažymint, kad jį parašė vienas geriausių šiuolaikinių Airijos rašytojų. Išties, knyga greit “pagauna” Leggi tutto

Malgré des chapitres centraux infiniment trop violents pour moi (j'ai failli abandonner ma lecture, puis finalement décidé de passer directement les pages jusqu'à arriver à un passage plus apaisé), j'ai beaucoup aimé ce roman qui parle d'erreurs, de vengeance, de rédemption, d'amour, de pardon – de Leggi tutto

‘A good salesman will swear to things he knows not to be true.’ Set in Dublin, Billy Sweeney is the salesman: a man with a litany of loss and failure in his life. His wife, Grace, has left him, his step-daughter is in Sydney, and his other daughter, Maeve whom he raised through her rebellious teenage Leggi tutto

I have mixed feelings about this book. Great use of language and the main protagonist was very well drawn. We are given a very full insight into his life. It feels very real and personal and for that reason moments of drama and violence are all the more hard hitting. It attempts to have a look into

The Odd Couple: Irish edition.

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Okay, I know this book got rave reviews by many, but for me it fell short. I thought it would be a mix of "Trainspotting" and "Paula" by Isabel Allende (where she too writes and talks to her daughter in a coma, which was a true story; unfortunately her daughter ended up dying). But, though there wer Leggi tutto