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“This is Dickens in the present tense, Dickens for the twenty-first century.”—Roddy Doyle,   The New York Times Book Review An Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody underground movement for independence in this propulsive novel from the acclaimed author of  The North Water . NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The New York Public Library • New Statesman • Publishers Weekly Manchester, England, 1867. The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting its revenge. Stephen Doyle, an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War, arrives in Manchester from New York with a thirst for blood. He has joined the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland by any means necessary. Head Constable James O’Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin for a sober start in Manchester. His job is to discover and thwart the Fenians’ plans whatever they might be. When a long-lost nephew arrives on O’Connor’s doorstep looking for work, he cannot foresee the way his fragile new life will be imperiled—and how h

Who reads The Abstainer : A Novel?

Author

Ian McGuire

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9782019040116

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Adventure, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (1,217 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14