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Ed O’Loughlin’s gripping story of friendship, rivalry and betrayal amongst a group of journalists and photographers covering Africa’s wars.In Dublin, a newspaper editor called Cartwright is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on Cartwright’s desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved. Not Untrue & Not Unkind is Owen’s story, in this astonishingly powerful and accomplished debut, which immediately established Ed O’Loughlin as a mature master of the novel form."A debut novel of Africa that focuses on politics and personal relationships... In some ways the violence of African politics is merely a backdrop to the real action—the personal dramas that entangle the journalists themselves. Even O’Loughlin’s spare style is reminiscent of Hemingway’s, for while violence becomes an integral part of the landscape, Owen numbs himself in order to maintain objectivity and sanity. Contains equal measures of beauty and brutality." - Kirkus ReviewsEd O’Loughlin was born in Toronto but brought up in Ireland. As a journalist, he has written for the New York Times, the Independent, t

Who reads Not Untrue and Not Unkind : a Novel?

Author

O'Loughlin, Ed

Publisher

The Overlook Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590206058

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction