Book description
It's Dublin, June 1995, the hottest summer since records began. But
Billy Sweeney, a middle-aged salesman with a failed marriage, a
faltering career and a tumbledown house, has more than weather on his
mind. His youngest daughter lies in a coma in hospital following a
mysterious attack on the petrol station where she worked. Devastated by
the unfolding consequences of that hot, violent night, frustrated by
officialdom and failed by the system, Billy finally tires of seeking
legal justice. He decides to take the law into his own hands. . .
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His books include six previous
novels: Cowboys and Indians (Whitbread Prize shortlist),
Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of
the Sea, and Redemption Falls. Star of the Sea
became an international bestseller, winning the Irish Post Award for
Fiction, an American Library Association Award, France's Prix
Millepages, Italy's Premio Acerbi, and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for
European Novel of the Year. His work has been published in thirty-five languages.
www. josephoconnorauthor. com
