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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Ireland Fiction Butchers (Persons) Fiction Families Ireland Fiction Ghosts Haunted places Fiction Ireland Fiction Photographers Fiction Slaughtering and slaughter-houses Fiction Slaughtering and slaughter-houses Ireland Fiction Small cities FictionHicks, Micah Dean
Summary: "Almost everyone in Swine Hill is haunted. Jane's ghost tells her what everyone around her is thinking, even when she doesn't want to know. The lonely spirit possessing her mother burns anyone she touches. Her brother Henry's genius ghost forces him to build strange and dangerous machines. When pig people appear in town, taking precious jobs at the pork processing plant and enraging the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: "Every year, Úna prepares for her father to leave her. He will wave goodbye early one morning, then disappear with seven other men to traverse the Irish countryside. Together, these men form the Butchers, a group that roams from farm to farm, enacting ancient methods of cattle slaughter. The Butchers' Blessing moves between the events of 1996 and the present, offering a simmering glimpse into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House 2020