Not Untrue and Not Unkind - Ed O'Loughlin

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Not Untrue and Not Unkind

» Ed O'Loughlin

Penguin Ireland
Paperback : 02 Apr 2009

£12.99

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Man Booker Prize for Fiction : Longlist 2009

Synopsis

In Dublin, a newspaper editor called Cartwright is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on Cartwright’s desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.

Not Untrue and Not Unkind is Owen’s story – a gripping story of friendship, rivalry and betrayal amongst a group of journalists and photographers covering Africa’s wars. It is an astonishingly powerful and accomplished debut that immediately establishes Ed O'Loughlin as a mature master of the novel form.

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Critic Review:

"Fantastic writing, great subject; a voice that is both passionate and cold. The most exciting first novel I have read in many years."
—Anne Enright

"A fine, darkly authoritative novel"
—Joseph O'Neill

"A remarkable first novel: edgy, angry and utterly individual."
—Christopher Hope

"Brilliantly transports the reader to Africa through the eyes of a war correspondent...this novel oozes authenticity and is gripping: I finished it in one sitting."
—Emma Giacon, Amazon