Himself Hardcover | Pages: 358 pages

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Original Title:	Himself
ISBN:	1782118454 (ISBN13: 9781782118459)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Authors' Club Best First Novel Award Nominee for Shortlist (2017)

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A charming ne’er-do-well returns to his haunted Irish hometown to uncover the truth about his mother in this “supernaturally skilled debut” (Vanity Fair) and turns the town—and his life—upside down.

Having been abandoned at an orphanage as a baby, Mahony assumed all his life that his mother wanted nothing to do with him. That is, until one night in 1976 while drinking a pint at a Dublin pub, he receives an anonymous note implying that she may have been forced to give him up. Determined to find out what really happened, Mahony embarks on a pilgrimage back to his hometown, the rural village of Mulderrig. Neither he nor Mulderrig can possibly prepare for what’s in store…

From the moment he arrives, Mahony’s presence completely changes the village. Women fall all over themselves. The real and the fantastic are blurred. Chatty ghosts rise from their graves with secrets to tell, and local preacher Father Quinn will do anything to get rid of the slippery young man who is threatening the moral purity of his parish.

A spectacular new addition to the grand Irish storytelling tradition, Himself “is a darkly comic tale of murder, intrigue, haunting and illegitimacy…wickedly funny” (Daily Express).

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Title	:	Himself
Author	:	Jess Kidd
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 358 pages
Published	:	March 14th 2017 by Canongate Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Magical Realism. Fantasy. Cultural. Ireland. Historical. Historical Fiction

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This is a beguiling, dark atmospheric and wondrous literary read interwoven with the supernatural and the fantastical. It is a stunning debut from Jess Kidd that draws the reader into what is a spellbinding read. A dark fairytale brimming with folklore, humour and flawless comic touches. For me, it called to mind the talented Kevin Barry and other Irish writers, past and present. The past gives us Orla's story and the present in the 1970s focuses on Mahony, her son. It begins with the murder of

One day, a young Irish man comes sauntering into the town of Mulderrig, and he's on a mission. You see, Mahony, was born in this town but was raised in an orphanage. While living in Dublin, he recently learned that his mother disappeared in this town. The town folk think he's a gobshite. Well, just the men. The women think he's dreamy, handsome with dark eyes and long hair, in need of a bath. Let's just say when he arrives, all h*ll breaks loose.Most of the town do not want him here. Especially



HIMSELF is one of the most unusual mysteries I've read; the experience was like getting pulled into a vivid 20th century Irish folk tale. Set in the small village of Mulderrig, this wild story alternates between the 1970s and 1940s/50s. Mahony grew up in a Dublin orphanage, with very few clues about his beginning. When he finally gets a lead, 26-year old Mahony travels back to Mulderrig determined to find out what became of this mother, stirring up all kind of chaos in the process. The book is

I seem to be on a kick for reading books which take place in Ireland lately. Not that Im saying thats a bad thing, but its amusing that after reading The Heart's invisible furies, my mind seemed much more well-put-together for this particular book. The two dont share much else in common, but honestly, the charm of Irish writing is more than enough to keep me paying attention.And Kidd definitely knows how to tell a story.I thought this novel had all the things I like in a book such as Irish

For the dead are always close by in a life like Mahoneys. The dead are drawn to the confused and the unwritten, the damaged, the fractured, to those with big cracks and gaps in their tales, which the dead just yearn to fill. For the dead have secondhand stories to share with you, if youd only let them get a foot in the door.Darkly humorous, deviously textured and filled with a cast of quirky characters I wont soon forget, this novel has an almost mythical quality and it is a helluva of a good

For the dead are always close by in a life like Mahoneys. The dead are drawn to the confused and the unwritten, the damaged, the fractured, to those with big cracks and gaps in their tales, which the dead just yearn to fill. For the dead have secondhand stories to share with you, if youd only let them get a foot in the door.Darkly humorous, deviously textured and filled with a cast of quirky characters I wont soon forget, this novel has an almost mythical quality and it is a helluva of a good