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City of Bohane

City of Bohane

Author(s): Kevin Barry

Location(s): Ireland

Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future

Era(s): 2053

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Set in 2053 in Sligo/Galway/Limerick. The binding story here is about love. Two men, one woman, a shared place. Bohane itself is separated by class, tribe, vision. One of the men is Logan Hartnett, who runs the Fancy, the most fearsome gang in the city. He’s also called the Albino or the Long Fella (though not because he writes poetry, which he doesn’t) or simply Mr. H. The obscure, nameless, occasional narrator points out one detail: “Mouth of teeth on him like a vandalized graveyard but we all have our crosses.” Pete Hamill

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`This is a darkly funny tale of gangland warfare in Ireland that reads like a fast-paced film.’ –Cosmopolitan

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