Orchid Blue
Author(s): Eoin McNamee
January 1961, and the beaten, stabbed and strangled body of a nineteen year old Pearl Gambol is discovered, after a dance the previous night at the Newry Orange Hall. Returning from London to investigate the case, Detective Eddie McCrink soon suspects that their may be people wielding influence over affairs.
General Information
- :
- : Faber and Faber
- : Faber and Faber Crime
- : 0.405
- : 01 September 2010
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Eoin McNamee
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 304
- : Crime
More About The Product
In the vein of David Peace's Red Riding Quartet and the early novels of James Ellroy comes Orchid Blue, Eoin McNamee's haunting masterpiece.
Eoin McNamee was born in Kilkeel, County Down, in 1961. He was educated in various schools in the North of Ireland and at Trinity College, Dublin. His first book, the novella The Last of Deeds, was shortlisted for the Irish Times Literature Prize and his novels include Resurrection Man, which was later made into a film, and The Blue Tango which was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He lives in Sligo.
