The Convictions of John Delahunt: A Story of Murder

Dublin, 1841. On A Cold December Morning, A Small Boy Is Enticed Away From His Mother And His Throat Savagely Cut. This Could Be Just One More Small, Sad Death In A City Riven By Poverty, Inequality And Political Unrest, But This Killing Causes A Public Outcry. For It Appears The Culprit âe A Feckless Student Named John Delahunt âe Is Also An Informant For The Authorities At Dublin Castle. And Strangely, This Young Man Seems Neither To Regret What He Did Nor Fear His Punishment. Indeed, As He Awaits The Hangman In His Cell In Kilmainham Gaol, John Delahunt Decides To Tell His Story In This, His Final, Deeply Unsettling Statement . . . Based On True Events That Convulsed Victorian Ireland, The Convictions Of John Delahunt Is The Tragic Tale Of A Man Who Betrays His Family, His Friends, His Society And, Ultimately, Himself. Set Amidst Dublinâe(tm)s Taverns, Tenements, Courtrooms And Alleyways And With Its Rich, Dickensian Cast Of Characters, This Compelling, At Times Darkly Humorous, Novel Brilliantly Evokes A Time And A Place, And Introduces A Remarkable New Literary Voice. On a cold December morning in 1841, a small boy is enticed away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. But when Dublin learns why John Delahunt committed his vile crime, the outcry against him leaves no room for compassion. Though his fate is sealed, this feckless Trinity College student - who became a secret informer for Dublin Castle - seems neither to regret what he did nor fear his punishment. Based on true events that convulsed Victorian Dublin and still seem shocking to us today and shot through with dark humour, 'The Convictions of John Delahunt' is a gripping, chilling portrait of one man's duplicity On a cold December morning in 1841, a small boy is enticed away from his mother and his throat savagely cut. But when the people of Dublin learn why John Delahunt committed this vile crime, the outcry leaves no room for compassion. His fate is sealed. When the brutal murder of a young boy raises a public outcry in 1841 Dublin, the killer, a student with ties to Dublin Castle, recounts his dark underworld story while waiting for his execution