Iron Annie Av Luke Cassidy

<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2022</b>¿<b>Utterly original ¿ A bolt from the blue for Irish writing</b>¿ Niamh Campbell, winner of the Rooney Prize for <i>This Happy</i>''<b>A queer underworld Thelma & Louise with better jokes</b>'' Sarah Moss¿<b>This year¿s most ambitious and well-written debut</b>'' <i>Irish Independent</i>When Dundalk underworld regular Aoife brings the wild and magnetic Annie to the Town, her desire to love and cling to this dangerous stranger culminates in a road trip through Britain to dispose of ten kilos of cocaine for her business partner, The Rat King. But when Annie decides not to return to Ireland, Aoife makes a decision that changes everything. Tender, tragic but ultimately hopeful, <i>Iron Annie</i> is a breakneck journey that crackles with energy, warmth and heart, and marks the arrival of a truly original new voice in literary fiction.''<b>Written in an exhilarating, lyrical vernacular, in much the way of Anna Burns, Kevin Barry or even Ir