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""Séamas O'Reilly has created a vast mosaic of voices, each sparkling with heartache and wit. I'm in love with every character in this novel, and like most prestige dramas, it ended far too soon."" --Caroline O'Donoghue, author of The Rachel Incident A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same. In Derry, the locals are already in a twist about the arrival of Hollywood actress Monica Logue to research her role for a show about the Troubles--and then she goes missing. Everyone has a story to tell--about Monica's possible whereabouts, and about the historic events that brought her here in the first place: the show's screenwriter, desperate for this last shot at success; the grieving mother whose story he's adapting; the ex-IRA member who knows the price of survival; the local psychic who's seen too much ... Prestige Drama brings to life a chorus of characters as they locate themselves in Monica's disappearance, and in the truth about their own history. From the author of the acclaimed memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?, Prestige Drama is heartbreaking, hilarious, and profound, an indelible portrait of a community both obsessed with its past, and desperate to forget it.

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""Séamas O'Reilly is one of my favourite living writers. Honestly--there is nobody else who could write a book like this about tragedy, loss and who gets to tell a story, with such deft and moving wit.""--Eva Wiseman, author of My Canary Yellow Star ""A comedy about tragedy. Séamas O'Reilly has written a brutal, profound, and very funny novel.""--Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina ""A hilarious and profound novel. Séamas O'Reilly has an acute ear for the rhythms of real speech, and for the lies we tell ourselves.""--Ed Caesar, author of The Moth and the Mountain ""Bristlingly funny, richly humane, and alive with insight into how we live with the complexities of a violent past. Séamas O'Reilly is a writer with a rare and vital comic gift.""--Mark O'Connell, author of Notes from an Apocalypse

""A short, tragicomic portrait of a community whose members have been variously marked by their memories of and involvement in the mid-20th Century Troubles...Its kaleidoscopic span, threaded with ghosts and hauntings, is undeniably pungent. A virtuoso chorus of community experience gives rise to undead trauma.""--Kirkus Reviews ""There is hilarity and pathos on every page. Utterly engaging and authentic, Prestige Drama says so much about Derry and its people, about Irish culture and its pathologies, and about the challenges and necessity of storytelling in a heavily storied place.""--Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Alternatives ""Séamas O'Reilly is one of my favourite living writers. Honestly--there is nobody else who could write a book like this about tragedy, loss and who gets to tell a story, with such deft and moving wit.""--Eva Wiseman, author of My Canary Yellow Star ""A comedy about tragedy. Séamas O'Reilly has written a brutal, profound, and very funny novel.""--Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina ""A hilarious and profound novel. Séamas O'Reilly has an acute ear for the rhythms of real speech, and for the lies we tell ourselves.""--Ed Caesar, author of The Moth and the Mountain ""Bristlingly funny, richly humane, and alive with insight into how we live with the complexities of a violent past. Séamas O'Reilly is a writer with a rare and vital comic gift.""--Mark O'Connell, author of Notes from an Apocalypse

""Séamas O'Reilly has created a vast mosaic of voices, each sparkling with heartache and wit. I'm in love with every character in this novel, and like most prestige dramas, it ended far too soon.""--Caroline O'Donoghue, author of The Rachel Incident ""Séamas O'Reilly is one of my favourite living writers. Honestly--there is nobody else who could write a book like this about tragedy, loss and who gets to tell a story, with such deft and moving wit.""--Eva Wiseman, author of My Canary Yellow Star ""A comedy about tragedy. Séamas O'Reilly has written a brutal, profound, and very funny novel.""--Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina ""A hilarious and profound novel. Séamas O'Reilly has an acute ear for the rhythms of real speech, and for the lies we tell ourselves.""--Ed Caesar, author of The Moth and the Mountain ""Bristlingly funny, richly humane, and alive with insight into how we live with the complexities of a violent past. Séamas O'Reilly is a writer with a rare and vital comic gift.""--Mark O'Connell, author of Notes from an Apocalypse

Author Information

Séamas O'Reilly grew up in Derry and now lives in London with his wife and two children. He writes weekly columns in The Observer and Irish Examiner, and is Features Editor of the UK's Only Magazine(TM), The Fence. He has also written for the New York Times, The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4. His memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? topped Ireland's non-fiction charts for seven weeks, and was named Biography of The Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards.

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