{"id":1194,"date":"2017-03-20T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:05:52","slug":"mst-alumnus-rory-gleesons-rockadoon-shore-published-by-john-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1194","title":{"rendered":"MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s “Rockadoon Shore” published by John Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s novel Rockadoon Shore<\/em> has been published by John Murray.<\/p>\n

From the publisher’s website:<\/p>\n

“Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph has become closed off. A weekend away is just what they need so they travel out to Rockadoon Lodge, to the wilds in the west of Ireland.<\/em><\/p>\n

But the weekend doesn’t go to plan. JJ is more concerned with getting high than spending time with them, while Merc is humiliated and seeks revenge. And with long-ignored tensions now out in the open, their elderly neighbour Malachy arrives on their doorstep with a gun in his hands . . .<\/em><\/p>\n

Honest, moving and human, Rockadoon Shore is a novel about friendship and youth, about missed opportunities and lost love, and about the realities of growing up and growing old in modern-day Ireland. Highly energetic and tensely humorous, it heralds a new and exciting voice in contemporary Irish fiction.”<\/em><\/p>\n

More on the book at the author’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MSt alumnus Rory Gleeson’s novel Rockadoon Shore has been published by John Murray. From the publisher’s website: “Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph has become closed off. 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