Himself: A Novel

  • Author: Jess Kidd
  • Narrator: Aiden Kelly
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 9:47:49
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Synopsis

A charming ne’er-do-well returns to his haunted Irish hometown to uncover the truth about his mother in this “supernaturally skilled debut” (Vanity Fair) and turns the town—and his life—upside down.

Having been abandoned at an orphanage as a baby, Mahony assumed all his life that his mother wanted nothing to do with him. That is, until one night in 1976 while drinking a pint at a Dublin pub, he receives an anonymous note implying that she may have been forced to give him up. Determined to find out what really happened, Mahony embarks on a pilgrimage back to his hometown, the rural village of Mulderrig. Neither he nor Mulderrig can possibly prepare for what’s in store…

From the moment he arrives, Mahony’s presence completely changes the village. Women fall all over themselves. The real and the fantastic are blurred. Chatty ghosts rise from their graves with secrets to tell, and local preacher Father Quinn will do anything to get rid of the slippery young man who is threatening the moral purity of his parish.

A spectacular new addition to the grand Irish storytelling tradition, Himself “is a darkly comic tale of murder, intrigue, haunting and illegitimacy…wickedly funny” (Daily Express).

Chapters

  • Himself 01 Open

    Duration: 44s
  • Himself 02 Prologue

    Duration: 05min
  • Himself 03 Chapter01

    Duration: 22min
  • Himself 04 Chapter02

    Duration: 16min
  • Himself 05 Chapter03

    Duration: 19min
  • Himself 06 Chapter04

    Duration: 29min
  • Himself 07 Chapter05

    Duration: 15min
  • Himself 08 Chapter06

    Duration: 13min
  • Himself 09 Chapter07

    Duration: 09min
  • Himself 10 Chapter08

    Duration: 38min
  • Himself 11 Chapter09

    Duration: 06min
  • Himself 12 Chapter10

    Duration: 04min
  • Himself 13 Chapter11

    Duration: 01min
  • Himself 14 Chapter12

    Duration: 04min
  • Himself 15 Chapter13

    Duration: 19min
  • Himself 16 Chapter14

    Duration: 29min
  • Himself 17 Chapter15

    Duration: 02min
  • Himself 18 Chapter16

    Duration: 18min
  • Himself 19 Chapter17

    Duration: 10min
  • Himself 20 Chapter18

    Duration: 01min
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