A seventeen-year-old boy visits his estranged mother on Boxing Day in a grey seaside town; a University lecturer falls in with a group of older men who inhabit a very different world while trying to learn how to swim; a detective breaks into his former home to spy on his estranged family; a couple r
Gods and Angels
โ Scribed by Park, David
- Book ID
- 109203339
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781408866085
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A seventeen-year-old boy visits his estranged mother on Boxing Day in a grey seaside town; a University lecturer falls in with a group of older men who inhabit a very different world while trying to learn how to swim; a detective breaks into his former home to spy on his estranged family; a couple reflect on twenty-five years of marriage under the Northern Lights; and an old man volunteering in a charity shop forms a tender bond with a young single mother.
Bringing together deeply affecting stories exploring masculinity, loneliness, isolation and longing, Gods and Angels is a masterful collection from one of Ireland's finest writer.
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