Country A Novel
Country A Novel by Michael Hughes, published by HarperCollins on October 1, 2019, is a 320-page work written in English. This novel presents a fierce and suspenseful reimagining of Homer’s Iliad, set against the backdrop of mid-1990s Northern Ireland. It explores the complexities of an uneasy ceasefire between the IRA and British forces, delving into the tensions and questions that arise as the prospect of peace looms.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of honor and revenge, as an IRA man’s wife becomes an informer, prompting a violent response from him and his brother. The story unfolds with the squad’s sniper, Achill, grappling with his own decisions while the British SAS moves to quell the threat posed by the rogue terror cell. Michael Hughes’s novel examines the brutal realities of armed conflict and the sacrifices made by individuals on both sides in the pursuit of their vision of country, offering a poignant reflection on the cost of war.
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Published to ravishing acclaim in the UK, a fierce and suspenseful reimagining of Homer’s Iliad set in mid-1990s Northern Ireland—a heart pounding tale of honor and revenge that “explodes with verbal invention, rapid juxtaposition, brutality and fun” (Times Literary Supplement).
Northern Ireland, 1996.
After twenty-five years of vicious conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed to an uneasy ceasefire as a first step towards lasting peace. But, faced with the prospect that decades of savage violence and loss have led only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country question whether it really is time to pull back—or quite the opposite.
When an IRA man’s wife turns informer, he and his brother gather their comrades for an assault on the local army base. But old grudges boil over, and the squad’s feared sniper, Achill, refuses to risk his life to defend another man’s pride. As the gang plots without him, the British SAS are sent to crush the rogue terror cell before it can wreck the fragile truce and drag the region back to the darkest days of the Troubles. Meanwhile, Achill’s young protégé grabs his chance to join the fray in his place…
Inspired by the oldest war story of them all, Michael Hughes’s virtuoso novel explores the brutal glory of armed conflict, the cost of Ireland’s most uncivil war, and the bitter tragedy of those on both sides who offer their lives to defend the dream of country.
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