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Description for Beatlebone
Hardcover. The second novel from the IMPAC-winning and Costa-shortlisted Kevin Barry Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 261 x 29. Weight in Grams: 398. First edition. Signed by the author on title page. Fine in fine dust wrapper, unread, as new
WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015
He will spend three days alone on his island. That is all that he asks . . . John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip.
John owns a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland. Maybe it is there that he can at last outrun the shadows of his past.
The tale of a wild journey into the world and a wild journey within, Beatlebone is a mystery box of a novel. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782116134
SKU
KSG0024761
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the author of the novel City of Bohane and two short story collections, Dark Lies the Island and There Are Little Kingdoms. He was awarded the Rooney Prize in 2007 and won The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize in 2012. For City of Bohane he was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Irish ... Read more
Reviews for Beatlebone
Casually lyrical, formally inventive, funny and moving, it is a small wonder
SUNDAY TIMES
Gloriously freewheeling . . . a tale of fame, freaks, bad liquor and bad weather
GUARDIAN
Books like this come along once in a generation
NEW YORK TIMES
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SUNDAY TIMES
Gloriously freewheeling . . . a tale of fame, freaks, bad liquor and bad weather
GUARDIAN
Books like this come along once in a generation
NEW YORK TIMES
... Read more