Sebastian Barry

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The Temporary Gentleman (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

FROM THE TWICE-WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Heartbreaking.' Observer 'Brilliant.' The Times Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things, but as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years in Ghana, his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan. A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that could never last.

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Autor

Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. His novels and plays have won, among other awards, the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Prize, the Costa Book of the Year award, the Irish Book Awards Best Novel, the Independent Booksellers Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He also had two consecutive novels, A Long Long Way (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008), shortlisted for the MAN Booker Prize. He lives in Wicklow with his wife and three children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571276981
• Artikelnr.: 40514035

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'One's heart leaps into one's mouth and stays there . . . Exhilarating.' Charlotte Moore Spectator