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Dundalk—The Town, to locals—took Aoife in when she left home at eighteen. Now she’s gone from a small-time slinger of hash to a bona fide player in Dundalk’s criminal underworld. Aoife’s smart, savvy, and cool under pressure. Except, that is, when it comes to Annie. Annie is mysterious and compelling, and Aoife is desperate to impress her and keep her close. Unfortunately, not everyone in The Town shares Aoife’s opinion of Annie. So much so that when Aoife’s friend and associate, the Rat King, approaches her about off-loading ten kilos of stolen coke, he specifically tells her to keep Annie out of it. Aoife doesn’t want to do the job without Annie, though, so she lands on an idea. Annie has contacts in the UK, and sure it’d be better to get the coke as far away from Dundalk as possible. At first, everything goes to plan. But when Annie decides she'd like to stay in the UK, Aoife makes a decision that changes everything, and finds her whole world turned upside down.
Gritty yet tender, tragic yet hopeful, Iron Annie crackles with energy, warmth, and heart.
A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593554838
- File size: 242309 KB
- Duration: 08:24:48
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- English
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Reviews
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October 25, 2021
Cassidy debuts with a scabrous story of love and class collision that trails an irresistible duo as they dispose of a cache of cocaine. Aoife, who is bisexual and a small-time criminal, is obsessed with posh Annie, who is new to town in Dundalk, and the two become occasional lovers. Aoife receives a request from her sometime boss, the Rat King, who has stolen 10 kilos of cocaine from a rival gang and wants Aoife to sell it. She agrees and, after springing Annie from jail, where Annie was being held without bail for a minor offense, the two are off to England to get to work. After crossing to Liverpool on the ferry, the two motor south in a friend’s car, dispensing kilos and sexual favors at stops along the way from Manchester to London. En route, Aoife recalls stories of her wild past. She narrates in a vernacular filled with Irish slang (“craic” is anything entertaining, “beors” are attractive women”), while pansexual Annie doles out street wisdom (“Someone looking for a leg-up is less likely to break yours”). The chronicle is light on story but thick with atmosphere. With his rich language, Cassidy lands in the company of Kevin Barry, Roddy Doyle, and other notable bards of the Irish demimonde. -
Small-time criminal Aoife embarks on a road trip to sell purloined cocaine for the local kingpin in this debut crime novel. Narrator Eleanor McLoughlin embodies Aoife's down-to-earth qualities as she portrays the character's first-person point of view. The distinctive Dundalk accent of Northern Ireland is an essential part of Aoife's character, as are her choices of slang. These set her apart as she travels across Ireland and England with her lover, Annie. McLoughlin serves as an able guide throughout the journey's changing geography, deepening the listener's immersion. As accents shift, so does Aoife's confidence in herself and in her relationship with the idealistic and emotionally opaque Annie. McLoughlin's pacing draws listeners along as the story moves between past and present, and Aoife struggles with growing uncertainty. J.R.T. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine -
March 1, 2022
No one messes with Aoife, a strong and capable drug runner for the Rat King in the Irish town of Dundalk, yet when her gritty world collides with Annie's posh and cultured privileged life, Aoife's life is turned upside down. Tasked with unloading a large quantity of cocaine for her boss, Aoife doesn't see why her girlfriend can't come along (she isn't supposed to), and that simple decision causes their lives to unravel. Written in Dundalk dialect and rife with Irish slang, Cassidy's debut is perfectly voiced by Eleanor McLoughlin with a rough street accent for Aoife and unique voices for her friends. McLoughlin's comedic timing is spot on during Aoife's hilarious rants (London skyscrapers are phallic "sky dicks"), and listeners will cry along with Aoife as she struggles with loving someone as manipulative as Annie. McLoughlin is an exciting new narrator to follow--she starred in the 2021 Irish stage production of the book. VERDICT Recommend to listeners who loved Lisa McInerney's The Glorious Heresies or those looking for a unique contemporary listen.--Sarah Hill
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