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Reading In the Dark
Reading In the Dark
Author: Seamus Deane
A New York Times Notable Book — Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize — Winner of the Irish Times Fiction Award and International Award — "A swift and masterful transformation of family griefs and political violence into something at once rhapsodic and heartbreaking. If Issac Babel had been born in Derry, he might have written t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780099744412
ISBN-10: 0099744414
Publication Date: 4/3/1997
Pages: 232
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This was a book I could not put down with family secrets and heart break about the day to day life of Derry, Northern Ireland. A young boy in the 1940's relates the impact that the "troubles of Northern Ireland" has on of his family through to the 1970s.
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A quick and easy read about Irish boyhood.