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Gnaw
Reclusive teetotaller Mary Murtagh reaches snapping point as she struggles to suppress desire for a man she can’t have.
It’s St Patrick's day in Dublin, Ireland, the most hedonistic night of the year and reclusive teetotaller Mary Murtagh meets-up with disgraced ex-employee Kenneth Kirwan to confess her role in his redundancy. However, not only is the shambolic Kenneth not in the mood to talk 'shop' but his attraction to Mary becomes impossible to ignore when he jettisons all platonic pretence to make it clear that he wants her.
Mary's own subconscious motives are revealed to her as the night descends into an illicit sexual tryst prompting her to explore her own thoughts on desire, sexuality and addiction.
Gnaw is a raw yet tender insight into what it means to be a modern and reluctant ‘Molly Bloom’ in an Ireland still trying to shed a legacy of religious suppression, inequality and alcoholism.
It’s St Patrick's day in Dublin, Ireland, the most hedonistic night of the year and reclusive teetotaller Mary Murtagh meets-up with disgraced ex-employee Kenneth Kirwan to confess her role in his redundancy. However, not only is the shambolic Kenneth not in the mood to talk 'shop' but his attraction to Mary becomes impossible to ignore when he jettisons all platonic pretence to make it clear that he wants her.
Mary's own subconscious motives are revealed to her as the night descends into an illicit sexual tryst prompting her to explore her own thoughts on desire, sexuality and addiction.
Gnaw is a raw yet tender insight into what it means to be a modern and reluctant ‘Molly Bloom’ in an Ireland still trying to shed a legacy of religious suppression, inequality and alcoholism.
29 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 30, 2015
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July 1, 2017
Chew on this! A great short read and compelling look at love, loneliness, and promotion without pay rise in post-everything Ireland. Mary loves Kenneth...or does she just want to consume him?
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