Fiction Book Group - The Sunken Road, Ciarán McMenamin

July 2022 Fiction

The July Fiction Book Group will be meeting via Zoom

Monday, July 11th • 6:30 PM ET / 11:30 PM IST via Zoom

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Annie, Francie and Archie were inseparable growing up, but in 1914 the boys are seduced by the drama of the Great War. Before leaving their small Irish village for the trenches, Francie promises his true love Annie that he will bring her little brother home safe.



Six years later Francie is on the run, a wanted man in the Irish war of Independence. He needs Annie's help to escape safely across the border, but that means confronting the truth about why Archie never came back...

Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

"Ciarán McMenamin confirms his exceptional talent with this admirably powerful and authentic novel about the First World War and the struggle for Irish independence. Tremendous"

— William Boyd

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About the Author

Ciaran McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1975. A graduate of the RSAMD, he has worked extensively for the past twenty years as an actor in film, television and theatre. His acclaimed first novel, Skintown, was a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick.

Photo by Michael Shelford


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