Trespasses a novel reviews5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Her brother, Eamonn, has taken on the running of the place since their father died, carefully distancing himself from his mainly Protestant regulars include cap-wearing Fidel, a member of the Ulster Defence Association, and a handful of soldiers who like to eye Cushla up. It was one thing to drink in a Catholic-owned bar quite another to have your pint pulled by a woman smeared in papish warpaintĬushla is working one of her regular shifts in the family pub when she first encounters Michael Agnew, steadily meeting his gaze in the mirror above the bar. Set in early ‘70s County Down against the backdrop of the Troubles, it meshes the political with the personal through the story of a young Catholic teacher who becomes involved with a Protestant barrister. I was delighted, then, when her first novel, Trespasses, popped through my letter box. A year ago I reviewed Louise Kennedy’s The End of the World is a Cul de Sac which taxed my usual picking of favourites short story review tactic because, without exception, they were all excellent. ![]()
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