THE GLORIOUS HERESIES

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The Glorious Heresies is a novel by Irish author Lisa McInerney, first published 9 April 2015 in the United Kingdom by John Murray. The novel is set in Cork, Ireland, in the wake of economic downturn, and explores the meager circumstances and decisions of several characters who are on the fringe of society. The plot explores drug and alcohol abuse, poverty, drug dealing, prostitution, religious abuse, unplanned pregnancy, rehabilitation, and organised crime, enveloped around the accidental homicide of someone, committed by 59-year-old Maureen, which in varying ways implicates the rest of the characters.[1] The novel was received positively by critics and it won the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize. Summary