First Thoughts: Factory Girls a comedy countdown for the A-team

Michelle Gallen tale of three young schoolgirls working in a factory is a brash and lively novel and a black comedy of great skill and wit.
First Thoughts: Factory Girls a comedy countdown for the A-team

Michelle Gallen Northern Irish author

Sun, 07 Aug, 2022 - 20:00
Kevin O'Sullivan
  • Factory Girls
  • Michelle Gallen 
  • John Murray, £16.99 

This brash and lively novel is a black comedy of great skill and wit. It is set in a small town in Northern Ireland in 1994, and the factory girls of the title are Maeve and her friends, Caroline and Aoife.

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