The Convictions of John Delahunt

<p>Dublin 1841. On a cold December morning a small boy is enticed away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. This could be just one more small sad death in a city riven by poverty inequality and political unrest but this killing causes a public outcry. For it appears the culprit &#150; a feckless student named John Delahunt &#150; is also an informant for the authorities at Dublin Castle. And strangely this young man seems neither to regret what he did nor fear his punishment. Indeed as he awaits the hangman in his cell in Kilmainham Gaol John Delahunt decides to tell his story in this his final deeply unsettling statement . . .<br>Based on true events that convulsed Victorian Ireland <i>The Convictions of John Delahunt </i>is the tragic tale of a man who betrays his family his friends his society and ultimately himself. Set amidst Dublin&#146;s taverns tenements courtrooms and alleyways and with its rich Dickensian cast of characters this compelling at times darkly humorous novel brilliantly evokes a time and a place and introduces a remarkable new literary voice.</p>