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The Ninth Hour
As clever as it is deeply human, The Ninth Hour explores the Catholic faith and the lasting questions of recompense and genuine kindness. Pristinely written, as is all Alice McDermott, this is another masterpiece that will resonate with your sensibility.
From National Book Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Alice McDermott, The Ninth Hour is the critically-acclaimed “haunting and vivid portrait of an Irish Catholic clan in early twentieth century America” (The Associated Press).
One of TIME Magazine's Top Ten Novels of the Year
A 2017 Kirkus Prize Finalist
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book
On a dim winter afternoon, a young Irish immigrant opens a gas tap in his Brooklyn tenement. He is determined to prove—to the subway bosses wh...