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    "annotation": "<P>\n... one of the more authentic debuts I've read in recent years ... in such an understated manner, eschewing linguistic eccentricity ... in favour of genuine characters and tender feeling...this is a fine novel.'  John Boyne, Irish Times<BR><BR>'It's funny and wonderfully perceptive'  Wendy Holden<BR><BR>'Poised and perceptive' the Sunday Times<BR><BR>'It is beautiful and yet devastatingly sad' Daily Express<BR><BR>'Deeply accomplished...brilliantly observed' Good Housekeeping<BR><BR>'... a deftly plotted story as moving as it is compelling.' Sunday Mirror<BR><BR>'Strenuously charming...surprisingly tender'  Metro  <BR><BR>'Heartwarming and observant'  Stylist<BR><BR>The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled. Sergeant PJ Collins hasn't always been this overweight; mother of two Brid Riordan 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 are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke - a former love of both Brid and Evelyn - the village's dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated PJ struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.<BR>Darkly comic, touching and at times profoundly sad. Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of lovable characters, and explore - with searing honesty - the complexities and contradictions that make us human.</P>",
    "description": "<p>Duneen is a quiet place, far enough from the big towns to have kept its own rhythms. Its residents include castdown policeman PJ who lives a lonely, uneventful life punctuated only by the next meal - until now; the beautiful and mysterious family of three spinster sisters each with their own secrets and sorrows; and of course, the town's gossip who think she knows the answers.</p>",
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