The Keepers of Truth

"In this noirish mystery, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000, a frustrated news reporter—trapped in a dead-end job writing about local fundraisers—finds his postindustrial town oddly reinvigorated by a high-profile murder investigation, and can’t help but insert himself into proceedings. The Independent called it a “a complex and literary book”, that is also “fast-paced and cinematic”: a “fabulous fusion of hard-boiled mystery and American social history.” The Keepers of Truth was also shortlisted for the €100,000 Dublin Literary Award in 2002."