A Thread of Violence - A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder

What does it mean to write about a killer? From an award-winning author comes a tale of a notorious double-murder, a political scandal, and a writer who found himself entangled in this strange, true story.

About the author

Mark O'Connell is an award-winning Irish writer. His first book, To Be a Machine, won the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. In 2019, he became the first ever non-fiction writer to win the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His second book, Notes From an Apocalypse was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. He is a contributor to the New York Review of Books, and his work has appeared in theNew Yorker.

Summary

What does it mean to write about a killer? From an award-winning author comes a tale of a notorious double-murder, a political scandal, and a writer who found himself entangled in this strange, true story.

Product details

• Authors: Mark O'Connell
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781783787708
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-770-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 414 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, True Crime, TRUE CRIME / General, Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Ireland, Reportage & collected journalism, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs