Ordinary Saints*WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL PFD QUEER FICTION PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE DISCOVERIES AWARD* An arresting, unmissable debut novel shortlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries award an exploration of family, grief, queer identity, and the legacy of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Can you imagine it? I'd say to them. Can you imagine me there in the front row in Saint Peter's Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint. Brought up in a

peace holds

his throat torn out

Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death

is expected to wrap up things quickly and without fuss

and subversively funny

and as many mistresses as he desired

‘Elizabeth was king

ferret chief of the Juska tribe is hatching a plan

let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it

Bribery is suspected as a number of cases are dismissed because of faulty police evidence

Winner of the Man Booker Prize

a black-ops British government outfit