Hyland speculates, in one of the reflective interviews she gives, that 'None of my fiction (so far) offers redemption or relief from the hurts inflicted and this might explain why my endings are categorically unpopular (and why my books don’t sell very well).' Tin House

I suspect another reason for the lack of sales is her failure to satisfy any genre. It's fiction. It contains crimes. But it isn't crime fiction. Yet because it contains crimes it is no doubt belittled by the anti-crime fiction brigade. And then, she believes strongly in characters and story-line, which makes her damned elsewhere.

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Hyland speculates, in one of the reflective interviews she gives, that 'None of my fiction (so far) offers redemption or relief from the hurts inflicted and this might explain why my endings are categorically unpopular (and why my books don’t sell very well).' Tin House

I suspect another reason for the lack of sales is her failure to satisfy any genre. It's fiction. It contains crimes. But it isn't crime fiction. Yet because it contains crimes it is no doubt belittled by the anti-crime fiction brigade. And then, she believes strongly in characters and story-line, which makes her damned elsewhere.

more here: https://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/this-is-how-by-mj-hyland/ ( )

Hyland speculates, in one of the reflective interviews she gives, that 'None of my fiction (so far) offers redemption or relief from the hurts inflicted and this might explain why my endings are categorically unpopular (and why my books don’t sell very well).' Tin House

I suspect another reason for the lack of sales is her failure to satisfy any genre. It's fiction. It contains crimes. But it isn't crime fiction. Yet because it contains crimes it is no doubt belittled by the anti-crime fiction brigade. And then, she believes strongly in characters and story-line, which makes her damned elsewhere.

more here: https://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/this-is-how-by-mj-hyland/ ( )

In M.J. Hyland's multi-award nominated third novel, Patrick Oxtoby's girlfriend Sarah has broken off their relationship. Feeling betrayed and humiliated, Patrick takes a drastic course of action: he leaves his home (along with the interference of his mother and his father's silent disapproval) and settles in a distant seaside town, where he intends to shrug off his emotional baggage and history of failure and start a new life. A university dropout who found a niche as a car mechanic, Patrick is not exactly a loner and certainly not a sociopath, but he is rarely at ease in the company of others, especially strangers. In the rooming house where he takes up residence, there is only him, the owner Bridget, and two other male lodgers, Shaun Flindall and Ian Welkin. In his early twenties, Patrick is the youngest, and he finds himself mostly outside looking in at the apparently easy camaraderie of the other three. Sitting alone in his room, he listens to the noises in the house and wonders what they are up to, if Bridget is in a relationship with either of the others, if they are talking about him. Welkin in particular causes him grief, with sporadic bursts of self pity, mocking and aggressive overtures of friendship, and sometimes obnoxious behaviour. When Flindall leaves for a job elsewhere, Welkin becomes even more difficult, and Patrick grows suspicious of Welkin's motives. Then a petty theft leads to an outburst of violence, and Patrick's life has changed forever. M.J. Hyland has written a taut novel of psychological suspense that is not always easy to read. Her portrait of an emotionally stunted young man desperately seeking a place in a world that only confounds and frustrates him is both chilling and touching. The "home" that Patrick eventually discovers is startling and unexpected, but makes complete sense in the context of the story that Hyland weaves. This is one of those novels that pulls the reader into a world where we don't necessarily want to go, but are unable to resist. ( )

Jongen, 22 jr. met kennelijk een psychiatrische stoornis en met mislukte acad, studie gaat als monteur werken in een plaats ver van zijn moeder vandaan. Het gaat in pension wonen en komt wegen doodslag op een medepensiongast in de gevangenis. Opmerkelijk mooi de mentale toestand van de hoofdpersoon beschreven ( )