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PUBLISHER: Random House (Digital)

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9781448130771

RRP: £8.34

PAGES: 272

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 29, 2012

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The Mercy Boys

John Burnside

The Mercy Boys are four Dundee men who meet every day in their local pub and drink: first to find order, then oblivion. Each has his own ghosts, his dreams of escape. But when death comes to the Mercy Boys it comes suddenly and with staggering violence, and their dreams of leaving bleed into nightmares.

John Burnside

John Burnside was born in 1955 and now lives in Fife. His novels include The Dumb House and, most recently, Burning Elvis. He has published six collections of poetry and has won a number of awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Poets in 1994.

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