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From Graham Norton—the BAFTA Award–winning and hugely popular BBC America television host—comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime. "With its tale of provincial life, gimlet-eyed spinsters, and thwarted love...it feels almost like a Miss Marple mystery written by Colm Tóibín" (The New York Times).
The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama, and yet its inhabitants are troubled: Sergeant P.J. Collins hasn't always been this overweight; Brid Riordan, a mother of two, hasn't always been an alcoholic; and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn't always felt that her life was a total waste.
So when human remains—suspected to be those of Tommy Burke, a former lover of both Brid and Evelyn—are discovered on an old farm, the village's dark past begins to unravel. As a frustrated P.J. struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his professional life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regrets.
Darkly comic, at times profoundly sad, and "especially inviting because of its tongue-in-cheek wit" (Kirkus Reviews), Holding is a masterful debut. Graham Norton employs his acerbic humor to breathe life into a host of lovable characters, and explore—with searing honesty—the complexities and contradictions that make us human.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781508245216
- File size: 214292 KB
- Duration: 07:26:26
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May 29, 2017
British TV personality Norton (So Me, a memoir) makes his fiction debut with a wistful, atmospheric mystery starring Sgt. Patrick James “PJ” Collins, the solitary, overweight keeper of the peace in the backwater town of Duneen, Ireland. Nothing exciting ever happens in Duneen—until the day the crew at a housing development under construction unearths human bones. The forensic team from Cork confirms the remains are of a young adult male who died of a blow to the head. Could the bones belong to Tommy Burke, who disappeared from Duneen 20 years earlier, after his romantic triangle with two local girls came to a bad end? The story around town is that someone saw Tommy board a bus to head for London, but no one has seen or heard from him since. As the investigation unfolds, nothing is as it first appears. For some, hearts broken long ago have not healed, while other lonely, forgotten people have carried on as best they can. PJ doesn’t believe in happy endings, but, as this winning tale shows, sometimes things work themselves out in ways no one could have imagined. -
Reading his own fiction debut, Graham Norton invites listeners to experience the sleepy Irish town of Dundeen--it residents' hardships and grudges as well as their unbreakable family bonds and devotion. Norton throws in a murder investigation, but that takes a back seat to the engaging relationships intertwined in a complex web of life. Norton's performance is as endearing as the characters. He plumbs each individual with subtle changes in tone, cadence, and pitch, presenting their full dimensions, leaving no closed doors to hide behind. He keeps the pace leisurely, allowing listeners to savor every minute. Sweet and heartbreaking, funny and insightful, all delivered with a penetrating narration. HOLDING'S a winner. J.F. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
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