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Truth or Fiction
Jennifer Johnston
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Description for Truth or Fiction
hardcover. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
A brilliant story of the secrets we keep. When journalist Caroline Wallace is asked to go to Dublin to meet Desmond Fitzmaurice, a literary giant of the thirties, she finds it hard to care about a writer whose star faded a very long time ago. And, although interviewing Desmond seems like a timely escape from the pressures of London, not to mention a startling marriage proposal, it's hard to believe this charming old man's past contains 'lots of sex and some violence' as he promises. But beneath the surface of Desmond's quiet life lies a story more mysterious than ... Read more
A brilliant story of the secrets we keep. When journalist Caroline Wallace is asked to go to Dublin to meet Desmond Fitzmaurice, a literary giant of the thirties, she finds it hard to care about a writer whose star faded a very long time ago. And, although interviewing Desmond seems like a timely escape from the pressures of London, not to mention a startling marriage proposal, it's hard to believe this charming old man's past contains 'lots of sex and some violence' as he promises. But beneath the surface of Desmond's quiet life lies a story more mysterious than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Review London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755330546
SKU
KMO0000815
Shipping Time
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About Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any, generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She has ... Read more
Reviews for Truth or Fiction
Praise for Jennifer Johnston's previous novel, Foolish Mortals: 'A complex, wry domestic drama; a writer of the highest order'
Sunday Telegraph 'The writing is witty and subtly nuanced and the book is as much about the new Ireland - modern, forward-looking, practical and tolerant - as about the individual characters'
Daily Mail ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph 'The writing is witty and subtly nuanced and the book is as much about the new Ireland - modern, forward-looking, practical and tolerant - as about the individual characters'
Daily Mail ... Read more