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The Bee Sting by Paul Murray.

$14.50

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in response to Hillary Kelly

What absolute doorstopper of a novel do you read all summer long? Looking for something so engrossing I'll start to miss vital work meetings but not really care.

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Funny, heartbreaking and with twists you won’t see coming but will make perfect sense once revealed.

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The Bee Sting

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Shannon

Shannon

“This was the last book I couldn’t put down. Story of a dysfunctional Irish family, both funny and heartbreaking. And that ending.”

5
Megan P

Megan P

“Who doesn’t love a dysfunctional family novel? There are sections dedicated to each member, with one particularly experimental one which will likely test your patience, but god it is good.”

1
Marcy

Marcy

““each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”: POV shared by four members of a miserable, disconnected, dysfunctional nuclear family on the brink of financial/interpersonal collapse in rural Ireland. The writing/story is incredible and brings you along for what feels like a frantic, tragically exhilarating race to the bottom.”

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