Lisa McInerney's latest novel The Rules of Revelation is the final act in an award-winning Cork-based trilogy.
These novels follow the story of Ryan Cusack, from young drug dealer to his current incarnation as a singer with the band Lord Urchin. She talks to RTÉ Arena above.
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