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Home Before Night
Hugh Leonard
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Description for Home Before Night
Paperback. The memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
'Our dog, Jack, was anti-clerical ...but my father clung to the theory that the dog simply detested the colour black...' Hugh Leonard's delightful autobiographical evocation of his Dublin childhood in the thirties and forties is like an Irish 'Cider with Rosie' - crammed with people and conversations, rich in poetry, full of love, laughter and rare pleasures.This title captures the poetry and drama of a child's experience of Dublin in the 1930s and 1940s and presents recollections recounted with humour and insight.
'Our dog, Jack, was anti-clerical ...but my father clung to the theory that the dog simply detested the colour black...' Hugh Leonard's delightful autobiographical evocation of his Dublin childhood in the thirties and forties is like an Irish 'Cider with Rosie' - crammed with people and conversations, rich in poetry, full of love, laughter and rare pleasures.This title captures the poetry and drama of a child's experience of Dublin in the 1930s and 1940s and presents recollections recounted with humour and insight.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Methuen
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780413771681
SKU
KKD0004031
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard (1926-2009) was the author of numerous plays, including 'The Au Pair Man' and 'The Poker Session', the screenplay for the film 'Widow's Peak' and TV adaptations of 'Great Expectations', 'Good Behaviour', 'The Moonstone', 'Nicholas Nickleby', and 'Wuthering Heights'. His novelisation of his 4-part drama 'Parnell and the Englishwoman' (BBC) won the 1992 Sagittarius Award.
Reviews for Home Before Night
'Entrancing ... the playwright author's gift of language and apparently total recall makes his account of growing up in the thirties and forties absolutely irresistible' Sunday Telegraph
'He has the simplicity and genius of Dylan Thomas and Brendan Behan ... If you want to look at the South Dublin working class of the thirties and forties, here it ... Read more