Very Like a Whale - Couverture souple

Mulkerns, Val

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708835724 ISBN 13 : 9780708835722

Editeur : Futura Publications, 1987

Synopsis

(The chill of the March morning matched Ben's mood. After four years of travelling he had returned at last to Dublin, only to find that everything had changed. His parents were separated, his mother to pursue her dubious artistic talents, his father to commune with his cats and revel in the weekly visits from his mistress a young woman every bit as attractive to Ben as to his father.
More devastating even than the break-up of his family, however, were the changes to Dublin itself. Ruthless developers had destroyed Joyce's graceful old city, while drug traffickers grew rich on the degradation of Dublin's youth. As Ben searched for his roots in this altered landscape, he became absorbed again in Dublin life, and found the changes echoed in himself.
Today's Dublin is brought vividly to life in this brilliant novel, the city as much a real character as Ben, his family and his friends.
'full of truth and insight... gripping in the way of the better thrillers, and the characters are real people, who behave as
unpredictably and problematically as real people'
Dublin Evening Press
'this is a warmly human novel, very readable yet unflinching in its indictment of hypocrisy and corruption.
British Book News

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Futura Publications
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708835724
• ISBN 13: 9780708835722
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible