“It was 2019 and a funny time to be Irish. At no time in Ireland’s history was it not a funny time to be Irish.” Life has moved on for the characters of Lisa McInerney’s award-winning debut, The Glorious Heresies. The backdrop of her third novel, The Rules of Revelation, charts a different kind of Ireland in the wake of two seminal referendums, a place of hope and change, which is vividly captured by the Galway author in her inimitable way. The style of the new book is in keeping with her previous work – bold, busy and energetic, with the swagger necessary to maintain a narrative that switches between five characters, all of whom will be familiar to fans of the author.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2021 05:00 UTC