Holding

Graham Norton s masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss.The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama and yet its inhabitants are troubled Sergeant PJ Collins hasn t always been this overweight mother of two Brid Riordan hasn t always been an alcoholic and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn t always felt that her life was a total waste.So when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke a former love of both Brid and Evelyn the village s dark past begins to unravel As the frustrated PJ struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community s worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.Darkly comic, touching and at times profoundly sad Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of loveable characters, and explore with searing honesty the complexities and contradictions that make us human. Download Holding – kino-fada.fr This novel written by Graham Norton has charm and is set in the remote Irish village of Duneen, of little note until builders unearth human bones on a farm This has the local grapevine over excited and clamouring for information, whilst peddling gossip galore This discovery has far reaching repercussions for the residents It is assumed that the bones are those of Tommy Burke, who apparently left the village some years ago, amidst a scandal involving two women, the now alcoholic Brid Riordan, This novel written by Graham Norton has charm and is set in the remote Irish village of Duneen, of little note until builders unearth human bones on a farm This has the local grapevine over excited and clamouring for information, whilst peddling gossip galore This discovery has far reaching repercussions for the residents It is assumed that the bones are those of Tommy Burke, who apparently left the village some years ago, amidst a scandal involving two women, the now alcoholic Brid Riord...Comedian and TV presenter Graham Norton, is a well known and very popular personality here in the UK, however, that doesn t necessarily make for a good novelist I was surprised then to discover that in fact he s produced a really good debut novel, written with flair and searing honesty Duneen is a small, sleepy, Irish village, where life has meandered along in much the same way it has for generations It has its own police officer in the form of Sergeant P J Collins or PJ as he s known to many Comedian and TV presenter Graham Norton, is a well known and very popular personality here in the UK, however, that doesn t necessarily make for a good novelist I was surprised then to discover that in fact he s produced a really good debut novel, written with flair and searing honesty Duneen is a small, sleepy, Irish village, where life has meandered along in much the same way it has for generations It has its own police officer in the form of Sergeant P J Collins or PJ as he s known to many PJ is 53 years of age and he feels as if his life hasn t really gone anywhere He s never had a proper relationship, indeed he believes he s the laughing stock of the village due to his obesity He knows that women don t find him attractive, and that the community snigger behind his back as...3.75 StarsSet in the small Irish village of Duneen, the kind of place where everybody knows everybody else, and if someone comes to town or someone leaves town, before sunset the whole town knows Sergeant P.J Collins is the village garda, an unmarried man with an uneventful life, an uneventful job, that is until the day the builders managed to unearth bones Human bones Most people tend to view P.J Collins as a likeable fellow, if incapable of performing his duties should he ever be physical 3.75 StarsSet in the small Irish village of Duneen, the kind of place where everybody knows everybody else, and if someone comes to town or someone leaves town, before sunset the whole town knows Sergeant P.J Collins is the village garda, an unmarried man with an uneventful life, an uneventful job, that is until the day the builders managed to unearth bones Human bones Most people tend to view P.J Collins as a likeable fellow, if incapable of performing his duties should he ever be physically required to move swiftly, not that they were unkind to him Locals begin to gossip, conjecture on whose bones these might be, with the only person to have disappeared from their town was that Tommy Burke, leaving two young women broken hearted, Brid Riordan, his betrothed, and Evelyn Ross, who had felt he belonged to her It is up to P.J to investigate, something he has never had to do, never done Detective Superintendent Linus Dunne is sent from Cork to ove...3.75 PJ Collins is the only law, the local garda, in the small Irish village Duneen He is by all accounts a very overweight man who loves his food, which his housekeeper Mrs Meany so thoughtfully supplies His job entails little, there being virtually no crime to speak of, as the villagers just get on with the tasks of their daily lives A quiet town, until bones are discovered in a field and thought to be that of a young man, who had once farmed this land, and was said to have run away to the 3.75 PJ Collins is the only law, the local garda, in the small Irish village Duneen He is by all accounts a very overweight man who loves his food, which his housekeeper Mrs Meany so thoughtfully supplies His job entails little, there being virtually no crime to speak of, as the villagers just get on with the tasks of their daily lives A quiet town, until bones are discovered in a field and thought to be that of a young man, who had once farmed this land, and was said to have run away to the city Now PJ must use his abilities in solving this crime, which becomes especially pressing when bones of a baby are also found Although their is a mystery at hand, this novel, written in a tongue and check manner is really about the people in the village, the secrets they hold, and the los...4 starsI have to be honest, I requested this book because I saw it was written by the delightful Graham Norton and I had no idea he was an author I went in to this hopeful but not entirely sure of what I was getting Thankfully any worries I had were completely erased in the first few pages.Graham Norton writes in the third person with his narration jumping beautifully, maybe effortlessly is a better word, from person to person He weaved a lovely tale that I devoured in one sitting His descri 4 starsI have to be honest, I requested this book because I saw it was written by the delightful Graham Norton and I had no idea he was an author I went in to this hopeful but not entirely sure of what I was getting Thankfully any worries I had were completely erased in the first few pages.Graham Norton writes in the third person with his narration jumping beautifully, maybe effortlessly is a better word, from person to person He weaved a lovely tale that I devoured in one sitting His descriptions, for me, were beautiful and it made me feel like I was holding his arm and walking around this small Irish village, eating popcorn and getting all the juicy newsPeople didn t stop in Duneen In defence of the casual traveller, there was lit...What an intriguing and emotional delight this book was I love Graham Norton, so I have to be honest, I was a little nervous about reading his book, in case I didn t enjoy it and felt disappointed, but it was exactly the things I love in a book It s the kind of murder mystery story that doesn t get bogged down in police procedural, which is the part of crime fiction that generally sends me to sleep Holding focusses on a variety of interesting characters within a close knit community in Ireland What an intriguing and emotional delight this book was I love Graham Norton, so I have to be honest, I was a little nervous about reading his book, in case I didn t enjoy it and felt disappointed, but it was exactly the things I love in a book It s the kind of murder mystery story that doesn t get bogged down in police procedural, which is the part of crime fiction that generally sends me to sleep Holding focusses on a variety of interesting characters within a close knit community in I...Prachtig verhaal met onverwachte wendingenik hou van verhalen die zich in Ierland afspelen Het verhaal is mooi, tragisch, met een humoristische twist en hartverwarmendeen verhaal zo beeldend verteldklaar om verfilmd te worden3.5 Stars Holding by Graham Norton is an easy and pleasurable read, better than I was expecting but not not going to make my year s favourite list Holding is Norton s debut novel and is set in a small town of Dunedin in County Cork where life goes by and little happens out of the ordinary until a building site unearths human remains and the life s of the inhabitants of Dunedin become filled with suspicions and wonder and the secrets that were buried with the bodies slowly begin to reveal.The 3.5 Stars Holding by Graham Norton is an easy and pleasurable read, better than I was expecting but not not going to make my year s favourite list Holding is Norton s debut novel and is set in ...In an awards ceremony last year this was voted as Irish book of the year I m at a loss as to how I guess it wasto do with the celebrity status of the author Graham Norton as he is a well known tv and radio presenter and sometimes comedian rather than the quality of the book Okay That s probably harsh The characters were nicely written but the plot was dull at best and the atmosphere that one should feel when reading a whodunit unraveling of secrets type novel was tepid at best And In an awards ceremony last year this was voted as Irish book of t...I received this in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley Thank you to the author, Graham Norton, and the publisher, Hodder Stoughton, for this opportunity.First of all, yes, the author is that Graham Norton I am not normally one to be interested in celebrity penned novels as, dare I say it, they often aren t that good This, however, proved to be a hilarious and thrilling exception Set in the remote Irish village of Duneen and featuring a plethora of stereotyped characters, I ...

• English
• 25 June 2018
Graham Norton
• Hardcover
• 320 pages
• 1444792008
• Graham Norton
• Holding