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2011 Nominated

John the Revelator

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

John the Revelator is narrated in the compelling voice of an introverted, watchful adolescent, John Devine. Stuck in a small town, worried over by his single mother – the chain-smoking, bible-quoting Lily – and the gregarious but sinister Mrs Nagle, he yearns for escape. When Jamey Corboy, a self-styled Rimbaudian boy-wonder, arrives in town, John’s life suddenly fills with possibilities – welcome and otherwise – and as he hides from the reality of his mother’s ever-worsening health, he is faced with a terrible dilemma.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Peter
Murphy

Peter Murphy is a writer, spoken-word performer, musician, actor and showrunner from Wexford, Ireland.

He is the author of two novels, John the Revelator (2009) and Shall We Gather at the River (2013), published by Faber & Faber in Ireland and the UK, and by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US and Canada. Peter’s journalism and non-fiction has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, the Irish Times, Hot Press and Huffington Post.

He has released two spoken word/music albums with the Revelator Orchestra, The Sounds of John the Revelator and The Brotherhood of the Flood. He currently performs live with Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance, whose eponymous first album was released in 2020.

Peter Murphy is a writer, spoken-word performer, musician, actor and showrunner from Wexford, Ireland.

He is the author of two novels, John the Revelator (2009) and Shall We Gather at the River (2013), published by Faber & Faber in Ireland and the UK, and by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US and Canada. Peter’s journalism and non-fiction has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, the Irish Times, Hot Press and Huffington Post.

He has released two spoken word/music albums with the Revelator Orchestra, The Sounds of John the Revelator and The Brotherhood of the Flood. He currently performs live with Cursed Murphy Versus the Resistance, whose eponymous first album was released in 2020.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A tremendously powerful novel which transforms the daily tedium of small town life, adolescence, friendship, family, religion into a fascinating and magical tale of literary richness.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Ireland
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber

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