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Divorcing Jack

by Colin Bateman · 1995

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Divorcing Jack is a 1998 satirical black comedy. The plot is set around the Northern Irish reporter Dan Starkey who gets entangled into a web of political intrigue and Irish sectarian violence, at the same time as Northern Ireland is set to elect a new Prime Minister.

Genre
crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
murdermurderMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisBelfastBelfastMore like thisLess of thisNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 282 pages

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