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Ciaran McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1975. A graduate of the RSAMD, he has worked extensively for the past twenty years as an actor in film, television and theatre. His acclaimed first novel, Skintown, was a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick.
A powerful reflection on complex Irish loyalties, divisions and identities, a romantic drama, and a page-turning thriller. * Irish Times * Ambitious and powerful...superbly drawn...McMenamin's ambitious novel scores big * Sunday Times * [A] violent and tender story where memorable characters battle love, loyalty and the terrible truths of war -- Eithne Farry * Daily Mail * There is a smooth grace to his prose...The tension between the compulsions of history and circumstance, and personal moral choice, are played out compellingly * Irish Independent * Ciaran McMenamin confirms his exceptional talent with this admirably powerful and authentic novel about the First World War and the struggle for Irish independence. Tremendous. * William Boyd * This gripping novel shifts between [the] race to the south and a slow reveal of what happened between the three men on the Western Front...McMenamin never puts a foot wrong, expertly interweaving the historical and the imagined, right up to his masterly denouement * Hot Press *
