Return to Killybegs

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Return to Killybegs
First edition cover
AuthorSorj Chalandon
Original titleRetour à Killybegs
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Grasset
Publication date
17 August 2011
Pages333
ISBN978-2-246-78569-9

Return to Killybegs (French: Retour à Killybegs) is a 2011 novel by the French writer Sorj Chalandon. The narrative is inspired by the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson, a senior Sinn Féin member who was revealed as a British secret agent. Chalandon had befriended Donaldson while working as a journalist in Belfast. His 2008 novel My Traitor was also inspired by the Donaldson case.[1]

Return to Killybegs was published by Éditions Grasset on 17 August 2011. It received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.[1] In 2013 it was translated into English by Ursula Meany Scott and published by The Lilliput Press. In 2014 it was translated into Catalan by Edicions de 1984.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Mac Cormaic, Ruadhán (2 November 2011). "Novel about betraying republican wins award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. ^ Pagès Jordà, Vicenç (21 March 2014). "Quan Belfast cremava". Cultura el Punt Avui: 3.