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DescriptionWhere magnificence and squalor co-exist, there will always be envy, rage, cruelty, paranoia and violence... Promotion infoAn extremely commercial new direction for Ronan Sensational serialisation of the novel, as it is being written, in the Observer every week Eye-catching press advertising; chapter samplers available AwardsShortlisted for Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award 2008. ReviewsPraise for HAVOC, IN ITS THIRD YEAR 'Searingly powerful...a fable and parable for all times - and ours in particular...sublimely written.' Independent 'A gripping novel...staggered with betrayal and intrigue and suffused with the hot threat of violence. Bennett's prose is economical, powerful, and often poetic.' The Times 'Bennett's evocation of a corner of England on the edge of an apocalypse is wonderfully done.' Guardian Author descriptionRonan Bennett was brought up in Belfast. He is the author of four novels, including the hugely acclaimed The Catastrophist (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award) and Havoc, in Its Third Year (winner of the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year and longlisted for both the Booker Prize and the IMPAC award). He has also written screenplays for film and television. Zugzwang is currently being serialised weekly in the Observer. Ronan Bennett lives in London with his family. |