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Louise Kennedy



Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. Trespasses is her first novel. She is also the author of a collection of short stories, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac. She has written for The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years. She lives in Sligo, Ireland

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Trespasses
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“Aside from the obvious one, this was the real difference between her and them. They had the confidence to be foolish, to be wrong.”
― Louise Kennedy, Trespasses
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“Are we all right? We’re doomed. Apart from that we’re grand.”
― Louise Kennedy, Trespasses
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“Booby trap. Incendiary device. Gelignite. Nitroglycerine. Petrol bomb. Rubber bullets. Saracen. Internment. The Special Powers Act. Vanguard. The vocabulary of a seven-year-old child now.”
― Louise Kennedy, Trespasses
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