Selected Highlights
Austin Duffy and Phil Harrison
Description
Writing about the turning points of the Troubles and the legacy of masculinity.
Austin Duffy’s fourth novel Cross is set in a fictional border town in 1994 during the summer of the ceasefire. Characters like republican elder Francie, who orders a policeman’s murder, and the Widow Donnelly, mourning her missing son, intersect with psychopath Handy Byrne in a story of loyalty, betrayal, and hope. Duffy is a writer and oncologist in Howth, Ireland.
Phil Harrison’s second novel Silverback pits two men in contemporary East Belfast against each other: middle-class doctor James Fechner and local hardman Robert Rusting, charged with murdering his father. After the trial, Fechner is drawn into Rusting’s world, with astonishing consequences. Harrison is a writer and filmmaker in Belfast.
Tickets & Pricing
- Admission £7
- Concession £6
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 6:00 - 7:00pm
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