The Rules of Revelation
Hardback Published on: 13/05/2021
Price: £14.99
Synopsis
REUNIONS. RECRIMINATIONS. RECKONINGS.
Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack.
Former sex-worker Georgie wants the truth about Ryan's past out there but the journalist has her own agenda.
Mel returns from Brexit Britain, ill-equipped to deal with the resurgence of a family scandal.
Karine has always been sure of herself, till a terrible secret tugs the rug from under her.
Maureen has got wind that things are changing, and if anyone's telling the story she wants to make sure it's her.
A riotous blast of sex, scandal, obsession, love, feminism, gender, music, class and transgression from an author with tremendous, singular talent.
Publisher information
- Publisher: John Murray Press
- ISBN: 9781473668904
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 238 x 158 x 38 mm
- Weight: 560g
- Languages: English
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Gritty and powerful
Ryan Cusack, once a teenage drug dealer, working for a dangerous and much feared crime boss, returns to Ireland and his home town of Cork to record an albu... READ MORE
Back to the violent and drug-addled Cork estates, and McInerney doesn't miss a step in terms of her now-signature style and tone...
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Back to the violent and drug-addled Cork estates, and McInerney doesn't miss a step in terms of her now-signature style an... READ MORE
Can just about read as a stand alone
I got The Rules of Revelation by Lisa McInerney, from Netgalley for a fair and honest review.
The Rules of Revelation is a novel about people dealing wit... READ MORE
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Ireland. Great nationalists, bad mothers and a whole lot of secrets. Ryan Cusack is ready to deliver its soundtrack. Former sex worker Georgie wants the tr... READ MORE
Brilliant
Lisa McInerney is such a skilled writer, and this book, the third to feature Ryan Cusack is fantastic. Cork city is just as much a central character as Rya... READ MORE
Read The Glorious Heresies - And Leave it There
I adored The Glorious Heresies, the stunning Women’s Prize winner of 2016 set in the margins of Cork’s community but it’s the law of diminishing returns fo... READ MORE
Friendship, Love and reimaginings
The Rules of revelation explores the lives of a group of young adults as they converge in their hometown of Cork. Central to this group is Ryan Cusack the ... READ MORE
Third in a series
I did not realise this novel is part of a trilogy. It may explain why I found it difficult to engage with the novel.
I never really got into the story. I f... READ MORE
I loved this - and now I should really read the first two!
I really enjoyed The Rules of Revelation - although I started reading it fully prepared to be confused. I wasn’t. This is the third and final part of a tri... READ MORE
Third in a series; read the other books first
This was a very hard going read and although I could admire the raw and gritty setting and the fluency of the language, it was very difficult to get into. ... READ MORE
Really well written
I wasn't aware that The Rules of Revelation was the last book of a trilogy until after I had read it, it reads very well as a standalone novel. Lisa McIner... READ MORE
A series to revisit
I loved "The Glorious Heresies" and didn't realise there were more books in the series so I haven't yet read "The Blood Miracles". No matter, as "The Rules... READ MORE
I very much enjoyed McInterney's writing and use of dialect and place.
'The Rules of Revelation' by Lisa McInterney depicts the impact of Ryan Cusack's returns to his home town as a musician, after leaving it a drug dealer and... READ MORE
Hard going
2.5.
Ryan Cusack is returning to Ireland to record an album with his band Lord Urchin but he has plenty of reasons for being wary of returning to Cork al... READ MORE
Make sure to read the previous two books first
Like a number of other readers, I unfortunately hadn't realised this was the third book in a series and found it difficult to work out the back stories of ... READ MORE
Disjointed, messy and rather confusing.
I was sent a copy of The Rules of Revelation by Lisa McInerney to read and review by NetGalley. I’m afraid I really didn’t get on with this book at all. ... READ MORE
Absorbing. Turbulent. Brilliant!
In this latest book The Rules of Revelation by Lisa McInerney, you will likely find yourself completely absorbed in the rather chaotic life of Ryan Cusack,... READ MORE
The Irish Rover
This is the third in an unofficial trilogy set mostly around Cork and centred on an young ex-drug dealer/thug now turned singer about to hit the big time. ... READ MORE
Course, witty and evocatively dark
Bouncing back and forth between Cork, London, Italy & Seoul: multiple timelines and a multitude of damaged, charismatic, beautifully flawed characters. All... READ MORE
In a close-knit community of Co. Cork, the past is never far behind.
McInerney excels at capturing the funny, quick-fire dialogue between her characters, and the cadence of their inner voice. While she manages to hold the va... READ MORE