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A man confesses to murder, but can a crime really be so simple?
As a former bank worker, closet Velvet Underground fan and student of stand-up comedy, Ken Avery is not your usual Presbyterian reverend. But when a middle-aged man comes to him claiming to have blood on his hands, Avery reacts as befits a man in his position. This is Belfast in the summer of 2000, the prisons are emptying of paramilitary prisoners, and Avery's visitor says he can't remember where, when or whom he killed. And so begins Avery's personal quest for the truth . . .
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Avery isn?t everyone?s idea of a model Presbyterian minister. A Velvet Underground fan and student of stand-up comedy, the former bank-worker can?t quite get used to being ?Reverend?. Then there?s his difficulty remembering biblical quotations ...Despite all this, Avery has absolute faith in his ability always to know the right thing to do. Until, that is, a man appears in his east Belfast church and confesses to murder. The only problem is ? this man can?t remember where, when or why he killed. Avery commits himself to finding out the truth of what happened, but if this stranger seems hampered by the limitations of his own memory, then the minister?s hands are tied by his professional and personal responsibilities ? and, as Avery soon realizes, neglecting his own concerns could have disastrous consequences .
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Glenn Patterson's previous novels are Burning Your Own, Fat Lad, Black Night at Big Thunder Mountain, The International and Number 5. He lives in Belfast.
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0241141958
- ISBN 13 9780241141953
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