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The Bee Sting

By (author) Paul Murray,

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SKU: 9780241984406

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ISBN: 9780241984406

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 656

Dimensions: 12.7 × 4.1 × 19.7 cm

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Description

The story follows the four members of the Barnes family, once pillars of their local community in a small Irish town, now unravelling in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Dickie, the patriarch, is watching his car dealership collapse while secretly building a doomsday bunker; his wife, Imelda, is selling her jewelry on eBay while haunted by the ghost of a past love; their daughter, Cass, is drinking her way through university entrance exams; and young PJ is plotting to run away to escape internet predators and a crumbling home. As the narrative loops through each of their perspectives, it becomes clear that their current crisis isn’t just about money—it’s about long-buried secrets, a “cursed” wedding day, and the generational weight of things left unsaid.

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  • Paperback / softback | 656 pages
  • 12.7 × 4.1 × 19.7 cm | 517
  • 02 May 2024
  • Penguin Books Ltd
  • United Kingdom

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About the author

Paul Murray

4 Published Books

Paul Murray was born in Dublin in 1975 and is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void and The Bee Sting. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Skippy Dies was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the B ooker Prize. The Mark and the Void won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize. The Bee Sting won the Nero Book of the Year Award and the An Post Irish Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Writers' Prize for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Paul Murray lives in Dublin.

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