This Is How

M.J. Hyland

From Shelf: The 2010 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist

The brilliant new novel from the author of the Man-Booker-shortlisted Carry Me Down

All actions have consequences. This is how life goes. Patrick is a loner, an intelligent but disturbed young man struggling to find his place in the world. He ventures out on his own, and, as he begins to find happiness, he commits an act of violence that sends his life horribly and irreversibly out of control. But should a person's life be judged by a single bad act? This is How is a compelling and macabre journey into the dark side of human existence and a powerful meditation on the nature of guilt and redemption.

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