Divorcing Jack: a screenplay based on the novel

by Colin Bateman

Dan Starkey is a young, married journalist in Belfast, who then Dan meets Margaret, a beautiful and apparently impoverished student. Things begin to get out of hand. And then, terrifyingly, Margaret is murdered. Is it because of her liaison with Dan

180 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

About the author

Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Divorcing Jack, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of Divorcing Jack, Crossmaheart and Wild About Harry. He lives in Northern Ireland with his family.