The Good People

By: Hannah Kent

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Paperback | 27 June 2023

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FROM THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BURIAL RITES

In 1825, in a remote valley in Ireland, three women are brought together by troubling events.

Nóra cares for her orphaned four-year-old grandson, who can neither walk nor speak. She hires a servant girl, Mary, to help her. Soon, Mary hears rumours in the valley about the dark powers of this strange little boy.

In desperation, Nóra and Mary turn to Nance Roche, a woman who locals say has the knowledge. That she consorts with the Good People, and only Nance can return those whom they have taken ...

About the Author

Hannah Kent's first novel, the multi award winning international bestseller, Burial Rites, was translated into over 30 languages and is being adapted for film. Her second novel, The Good People was translated into 10 languages, nominated for numerous awards and is also being adapted for film. Devotion, her third novel, published in 2021, won Booktopia's Favourite Australian Book, and was shortlisted for multiple industry awards. Her original feature film, Run Rabbit Run, was directed by Daina Reid and starred Sarah Snook. Hannah is also the co-founder of Kill Your Darlings, and has written for The New York Times, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Meanjin, Qantas Magazine and LitHub. She lives and works on Peramangk and Kaurna country.

Industry Reviews

'A thoroughly engrossing entrée into the macabre nature of a vanished society' Tom Keneally

'Dark, poetic and intense' Kate Forsyth

'A serious and compelling novel about how those in desperate circumstances cling to ritual as a bulwark against their own powerlessness' The Guardian

'A gripping, adept and intelligent reconstruction of the past' Sydney Morning Herald

AWARDS

Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.

Short-listed for Indie Book Awards 2017.

Short-listed for ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2017.

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