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Before the book even hit shelves, the manuscript for Trespasses had already been snapped up to be turned into a TV series.

Written by Louise Kennedy, the novel is a ‘blistering account of encroaching violence and fractured loyalties’.

Set in a small town just outside Belfast in the 1970s, it follows schoolteacher Cushla who finds herself caught up in an affair with an older, married Protestant man – Michael.

At the same time, they are falling in love, the Troubles are playing out, with car bombs, murders and the threat of violence ever-present.

Tonight, the TV adaptation will hit screens. Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing) stars as Cushla, while Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey)

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