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1979 : an Allie Burns novel / Val McDermid.
Van Pelt Library PR6063.C37 A616 2021
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Mystery McDermid Allie 1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDermid, Val, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish Republican Army.
- Corruption.
- Terrorism.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Newspaper publishing.
- Women journalists.
- Glasgow (Scotland)--Fiction.
- Glasgow (Scotland).
- Scotland--Glasgow.
- Great Britain.
- Irish Republican Army--Fiction.
- Women journalists--Scotland--Glasgow--Fiction.
- Newspaper publishing--Scotland--Glasgow--Fiction.
- Sex discrimination against women--Fiction.
- Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Investigative reporting--Fiction.
- Investigative reporting.
- Terrorism--Great Britain--Fiction.
- Corruption--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 418 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Nineteen seventy-nine
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for journalist Allie Burns, bad news provides an opportunity to escape the "women's stories" to which her editors confine her. Striking up an alliance with wannabe investigative journalist Danny Sullivan, she begins covering international tax fraud, then gets wind of a group of Scottish ultranationalists aiming to cause mayhem ahead of the devolution referendum. Their stories quickly get attention, and create enemies for the two young up-and-comers. Are they enough to provoke the ultimate revenge?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Little, Brown, an imprint of Hachette UK"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the David Milne Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780802159021
- 0802159028
- OCLC:
- 1262693120
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