While working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
In late 1960s Pennsylvania, a coal miner's lawyer son seeks justice for his father after a corrupt union leader has him killed.
Traces a pivotal 24 hours in the life of its eponymous character, a headteacher of a last-chance reform school who struggles to keep his students in line, while also grappling with his spiraling mental health.
