Helen R Brown

The gangster life of Ryan

Set in Co. Cork, The Blood Miracles may be standard gangster stuff, but the chemical kick of the prose is entirely original

issue 29 April 2017

  • The Blood Miracles

    Lisa McInerney

    John Murray, pp. 297

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