The Keepers of Truth
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The Keepers of the Truth is a novel
by Michael Collins
, first published in 2000. Set in the late 1970s, the story follows the main character Bill and his attempt to unravel a murder-mystery as a cub reporter for a local newspaper in a small Midwest industrial town.
The novel won the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award
for Best Irish Novel. The novel was published in the United States after being shortlisted for the Booker Prize later in 2000.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Michael Collins
Michael Collins (Irish author)
Michael Collins is an Irish novelist and also an international ultra-distance runner. He is a current member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance and holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance...
, first published in 2000. Set in the late 1970s, the story follows the main character Bill and his attempt to unravel a murder-mystery as a cub reporter for a local newspaper in a small Midwest industrial town.
The novel won the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award
Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award
The Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award is an annual award for Irish authors of fiction, established in 1995. It was previously known as the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award and the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Award ....
for Best Irish Novel. The novel was published in the United States after being shortlisted for the Booker Prize later in 2000.
External links
- http://www.michaelcollinsauthor.net/
- http://www.curledup.com/keepers.htm