SAINTS AND SINNERS

Book ID/图书代码： 01890010B35599

English Summary/英文概要： A fast-paced historical thriller set in Victorian Glasgow, "Saints and Sinners" brilliantly captures the desperation and poverty riddling the Irish immigrant community of the city’s East End. Told through the varying perspectives of the three main characters - a fugitive, a priest and a prostitute: two brothers and the woman they both love - Paul Cuddihy’s debut novel depicts the conflicting devotions of Victorian society. Mick Costello, on the run from the British authorities, flees Galway for Glasgow, but is still being hunted. Once across the water Mick catches up with his brother, Thomas, a Catholic priest involved in the murky world of Irish republicanism on the orders of the Church hierarchy. Both brothers fall in love with Kate Riordan - a Donegal girl working as a prostitute. Allegiances are tried and loyalties tested as each character struggles for redemption on the unkind streets of Glasgow. And as the plot thickens, with pledges of faith clashing with the passions of love, the novel’s stunning climax will find each character facing a decision that could shatter their lives forever.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 以英國維多利亞時代的格拉斯哥為故事背景，「聖與罪」一書情節緊湊，巧妙地為我們描述了倫敦東區愛爾蘭移民住地內的貧苦與無助。劇情以三個主人公截然不同的發展線路進行展開 - 一名匪徒、一名神父加之一名娼妓：親兄弟同女子之間的愛恨糾葛 - 作者保羅的處女之作向讀者生動詮釋了維多利亞統治時期下，社會中所充斥著的矛盾與虔誠。
遭到了英國政府的通緝，米克.科斯特洛從愛爾蘭的哥爾韋一路逃亡來到了蘇格蘭的格拉斯哥。一次於涉水途中，他竟巧遇到了自己的親兄弟托馬斯，一名天主教牧師。而聽命於教會的安排，後者現正捲入到愛爾蘭共和主義份子的行動當中。劇情一路發展，兩兄弟的生命中又迎來了另一女人的加入，這個令致他們同時為之傾倒的女孩名叫凱特.瑞丹，她來自多尼歌，但為了謀生卻不得不淪為了一名娼妓。
世態炎涼，三人身處於格拉斯哥街頭之中，但卻不得不為了各自命運而努力作著掙紮，與此同時，人與人之間的忠貞於信賴又一次次地經受著嚴峻的挑戰及考驗。隨著危機步步迫近，虔誠的信仰同炙熱的感情間不斷併發出摩擦的火花，當三人各自不得不面臨人生最終的抉擇之際，故事的劇情遂即亦迎來了它的高潮...(ANDY)

Awards/获奖情况：Praise for Paul Cuddihy
‘Saints and Sinners is a brilliant fusion of family drama, political thriller and historical romance. This powerful Irish immigrant story is written in a passionate and engaging style that brings to life a city and its souls, capturing beautifully the squalor and the spirit of a new community setting up home in an often hostile environment, where a crisis of identity is also a crisis of faith. Scotland has a proud tradition of historical fiction, and in rendering in such vivid images the Irish experience against a backdrop of bigotry and brutality, Cuddihy adds something new to the genre-’Professor Willy Maley

About the Author/作者介绍： Paul Cuddihy is the editor of the Celtic View, the official magazine of Celtic Football Club. In 2009 he wrote the best-selling biography Tommy Burns: A Supporter Who Got Lucky. He was also the co-author of The Best of the Celtic View, while he also edited a number of books for the club including The Road To Seville and The Official Tribute To Henrik Larsson. In 2004 he was one of the prize-winners of the inaugural Scotsman/Orange Short Story Competition. Paul Cuddihy was born in 1966 and lives in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow with his wife and three children.

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