MARGARET
MURPHY - 'THE DISPOSSESSED'
Publisher: Hodder
Paperback
2005
The Dispossessed
Margaret Murphy's most powerful novel to date, The
Dispossessed follows the hunt for the murderer of a young, female
Afghan refugee who has been dumped into a wheelie bin to die in Liverpool.
Assigned to the case is DI Jeff Rickman who, despite having deep-rooted family problems that he is unwilling to face, is soon drawn into a web of lie and counter lie, until events twist dramatically and so make things become very personal.
The
Dispossessed is the first in a series of Rickman books,
with a second novel being released in October of this year entitled
Now You See Me.
By writing about such a topical and
controversial subject, Murphy - who herself is a volunteer helping
refugees at Liverpool's Advocacy Project - has managed to explode
some myths surrounding the refugee and asylum issues, without ever becoming
a preacher. The recurring theme of the novel is that, from first page
to last, nothing is what it seems and the reader's view of who the "bad
guys" really are, changes on almost every page. Added to this is
an increasingly moving and vivid use of language, description and tone,
making it little wonder that Margaret
Murphy is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in the world
of Crime literature.
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“Thanks
for another terrific review, Chris. I don’t use the phrase
‘life-changing’ lightly, but the truth is, researching and
writing this book did change my life. Scare-mongering in the press and
media can seem persuasive and alarming, and encourages us to see individuals
as a faceless mass, and worse than this, a ‘problem’. Visitors
to your site might be interested to know that Refugee Action is a nationwide
organisation with a variety of volunteer programmes. It’s also
good to get the facts as they really are; for more information, try
www.refugee-action.org
or www.refugeecouncil.org.uk”
Margaret
Murphy - author
of The Dispossessed.
break the rules as I see fit.” - Chris High 2003.