Bøger af Matt McGuire

Set against the backdrop of a dystopic United States, 2 friends navigate a US falling to fascism. The Fall of US moves through an alternate recent history where 2 friends, Jessie and John, struggle to live their lives as a darker US falls apart around them. Beginning with a flashback to New York of the late 90s, and moving through a 2004 election that goes awry; bad decisions are made by US leaders leaving the US open to more and stronger terrorist attacks! This leads the US towards a fascist state reminiscent of Germany before World War II. John sees this alternate dark history through the eyes of a soldier serving in a tank unit in Iraq, and Jessie lives it through the eyes of a teacher in the Bronx of New York City. Follow these friends, their compatriots, and family in their struggle to overcome adversity through a looking glass that examines the darker side of humanity, and its resilience in the face of adversity.

Belfast, 2am, Tomb Street. A young man lies dead in an alley. Cracked ribs, broken jaw, fractured skull. With the Celtic Tiger purring and the Troubles in their death throes, Detective Sergeant John O'Neill is called to investigate. Meanwhile O'Neill's partner, DI Jack Ward, a veteran troubles detective, is receiving death threats from an unknown source...When Sorrows Come is a brutal expos of the criminal underworld in the new Northern Ireland, a place where the dead are not all created equal.

Belfast. January 2005.Acting Detective Sergeant John O'Neill stands over the body of a dead teenager. The corpse was discovered on the building site of a luxury development overlooking the River Lagan. Kneecapped then killed, the body bears the hallmarks of a punishment beating. But this is the new Northern Ireland - the Celtic Tiger purrs, the Troubles are over, the paramilitaries are gone. So who is the boy? Why was he killed?O'Neill quickly realises that no one cares who the kid is - his colleagues, the politicians, the press - making this case one of the toughest yet. And he needs to crack this one, his first job as Principle Investigator, or he risks ending up back in uniform. Disliked by the Chief Inspector and with his current rank yet to be ratified, O'Neill is in a precarious position.With acute insight, Matt McGuire's cracking debut exposes the hidden underbelly of the new Northern Ireland, a world of drug dealing, financial corruption and vigilante justice.

This Guide examines the critical construction of the genre of 'contemporary Scottish literature' and assesses the critical responses to a wide range of contemporary Scottish fiction, poetry and drama. The Guide is structured thematically with each chapter addressing a specific area of debate within the field of contemporary Scottish Studies.