The Christmas Club

A story of love, regret and the bittersweet nature of friendships...

It is 1988. Six cynical young urbanites, brought together by a series of strange events, end up stranded at Christmas in a bleak, run-down house on an isolated stretch of Donegal coastline. It seems like a recipe for disaster, but as the landscape reveals its wild charms, and the house reveals its strange history, they become bound in friendship, and as a drunken joke form the Christmas Club. Fast-forward to Christmas 2002. As one by one the Christmas Club slowly reconvenes, middle-aged manners and the gloss of new money disguise passions that still run deep, passions that erupt with tragic consequences...

Praise for The Christmas Club:

'The Christmas Club is that rare enough thing: popular fiction that also makes you think, that lingers in the reader's mind after finishing'  Irish Independent

'This writer demonstrates a knack for mystery that is reminiscent of Agatha Christie. Readers will be gripped.'  Metro

'The novel is an enthralling read with a refreshingly original plot. It is fiction lightly peppered with real events, a powerful, poignant paean to the bittersweet nature of friendships'  The Sunday Independent

'An enjoyable tale, well written and leaves several imprints you'll still be pondering over a week later'  4 Star Review in The RTE Guide

'His writing is stylish and has a natural panache that pushes things forward...an intriguing book with an assured and vivid style'  The Sunday Business Post

'One of the best Irish novels of the year' Irish Farmer's Journal

'Think the British TV series This Life crossed with A.S. Byatt's Possession and you'll get the drift of this novel...the author's wit, acerbic commentary and descriptive powers make it an absorbing and sometimes poignant experience...highly recommended'  The Tuam Herald

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