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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A powerful and brilliant novel for fans of Claire Keegan.
In a Belfast courtroom Robert Rusting is on trial for the murder of his father, a former loyalist hardman. On the jury is James Fechner, a middle-aged surgeon finding himself in search of meaning in the hushed rooms of justice. Rusting is acquitted, but Fechner can't quite return to life before those days in court.
Having found himself drawn to Rusting, Fechner compulsively searches him out in dingy pubs, following an inexplicable pull to the younger man's aggressive, unapologetic way of life. So begins a close friendship, a relationship in which a battle for control is tacit but unspoken - and explosive.
Silverback is a powerful portrayal of toxic masculinity and of the line between fragility and violence written in an unforgettable voice.
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Phil Harrison
Phil Harrison's first feature film, The Good Man, was released in 2014. His earlier short, Even Gods, won the short film award at the Belfast, Galway and Cork Film Festivals in 2011, and was shortlisted for the best short script at the 2012 Irish Screenwriting Awards. He lives in Belfast. The First Day is his debut novel.
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