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Iron Annie
- Narrated by: Eleanor McLoughlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy, read by Eleanor McLoughlin.
I still think’a her every day, several times a day.
Aoife knows everyone in Dundalk’s underworld. Too well, in some cases. But when she meets Annie, a beautiful whirlwind of a woman, and brings her to the Town, she finds that she doesn't know nearly enough about her. Annie is magnetic and wild, and Aoife’s desire to learn more quickly becomes a need, and then an obsession - to know this dangerous woman, to love her, to keep her. So when Aoife’s friend and collaborator, the Rat King, asks her to help him dispose of 10 kilos of cocaine, swiped from a rival, she brings Annie along for a road trip through a Britain that she only knows as a place to be suspicious of. So when Annie decides she doesn’t want to return to Ireland, Aoife makes a decision that changes everything.
Gritty and yet tender, tragic and yet hopeful, Iron Annie is a breakneck journey that crackles with energy, warmth and heart, and marks the arrival of a fresh and vibrant new voice in literary fiction.
Critic Reviews
"What an exquisite novel Iron Annie is. The narrative voice fair crackles: it’s full of wonder, grit, insight, sadness and joy, and is quite beautiful. And Aoife is one of those fictional characters that arrives only once or twice in an age, sublimely rendered and completely unforgettable." (Donal Ryan, author of The Spinning Heart and From a Low and Quiet Sea)
"It’s apparent from the opening lines of Iron Annie that Luke Cassidy can write. His prose fizzes with energy and music, and the reader is immediately plunged into the anarchic underbelly of Ireland and the lives of Cassidy’s vivid characters." (Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of His Bloody Project)
"It’s wild and fierce and full of awful life. Also dead funny.... This needs to be slapped on the arse and let out snorting into the world like a mustang horse." (Niall Griffiths, author of Grits, Sheepshagger and Stump)
What listeners say about Iron Annie
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 08-01-2022
Narrator carries the story
If you liked Trainspotting, you'll like Iron Annie.
Absolute pearler of a job by Elanor McLoughlin, but I have to say, I wouldn't be running out to buy a hard copy, this really shines as an audio book.
Refreshing to have some really quality, queer-leaning non-American content, and will definitely look out for Cassidy's future work.
Bit lacking plot-wise, however the fact that Iron Annie is set in Ireland, and the venacular used more than makes up for that. Books like this don't come by often, more than worth a listen.
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