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McGlue

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A gorgeously sordid story of love and murder on the high seas, read the novel that catapulted Moshfegh into literary stardom'Wonderful' Guardian'One of America's most exciting - and most provocative - young novelists' Financial Times'You're in safe, if sticky hands' The Times Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue wakes up in prison, too drunk to be sure of how he got there, or even his own name. They say he killed a man, and that man may have been his best friend. That man may have been his lover. Now, McGlue wants one thing and one thing only: a drink.Because when he is sober he remembers, and McGlue wants to forget. As he is visited by people demanding answers - the authorities, his well-meaning lawyer and his weeping mother - McGlue struggles to bury the memories that haunt him, of a violent childhood, swashbuckling adventures, and the only man who ever loved him.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781787335547
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 128
  • Published:
  • October 2, 2024
  • Dimensions:
  • 144x223x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 244 g.
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Expected delivery: November 21, 2024

Description of McGlue

A gorgeously sordid story of love and murder on the high seas, read the novel that catapulted Moshfegh into literary stardom'Wonderful' Guardian'One of America's most exciting - and most provocative - young novelists' Financial Times'You're in safe, if sticky hands' The Times Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue wakes up in prison, too drunk to be sure of how he got there, or even his own name. They say he killed a man, and that man may have been his best friend. That man may have been his lover. Now, McGlue wants one thing and one thing only: a drink.Because when he is sober he remembers, and McGlue wants to forget. As he is visited by people demanding answers - the authorities, his well-meaning lawyer and his weeping mother - McGlue struggles to bury the memories that haunt him, of a violent childhood, swashbuckling adventures, and the only man who ever loved him.

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