Extraordinary Times is a predictive novel by the Belfast writer Rosemary Jenkinson. Rosemary’s vision for this cutting-edge, literary thriller, is to release a new chapter of the book every year using The Linen Hall Digital Platform – unless what she describes in the novel actually happens. In that case, Rosemary’s plan is to release the entire book, comprising 32 chapters, there and then.
The novel, set in an imagined future in Belfast on the eve of a referendum on Irish unity, wittily charts how six interconnected characters navigate the fortnight leading up to the historic referendum and are inadvertently caught up in a violent plan to disrupt the vote.
While the narrative depicts a Northern Irish society trying to shake off its Troubles past, it also satirically deals with issues like race, gender, misogyny, drugs, ambition, and cancel culture. This is a powerful novel of our times.
Read more about the novel in Rosemary’s own words and download the first 2 chapters from the Linen Hall website below.
Extraordinary Times: an Innovative Novel by Rosemary Jenkinson