This is the story of a haunted Irish childhood.
The setting is Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s, fraught with political hatred, family secrets and lethal intrigue. As a young boy tries to make sense of life, poverty and violence shift and obscure the facts; meanwhile his night-time reading of Irish legends weaves enchantment through reality. Claustrophobic but lyrically charged, breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, this is one of the finest books about growing up in Ireland or anywhere that has ever been written.
See also: The Green Road by Anne Enright
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
Has Cover : Yes
All Identifiers : goodreads:44786436, google:fdmQDwAAQBAJ, isbn:9781473573819
Single Author : Seamus Deane
Original Source : New_Files_Oatmeal_08_26_AM-AFT
Sorted Author by LN, FN: Deane, Seamus
Title Length : 019
Title Parm D : Reading in the Dark
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ES Lib Name : NIRC 2019-08
Record ID : 14992
Uncomma Author : Seamus Deane
Title Parm A : Reading in the Dark