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Darran McCann - After the Lockout - 9780007429493 - 9780007429493
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After the Lockout

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Description for After the Lockout Paperback. An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.

An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history.

November 1917. With tensions in Ireland, war in Europe and revolution in Russia, Victor Lennon returns to his home village after a long exile. Radicalised by his experiences in the Dublin Lockout and Easter Rising, Victor is a hero to many but a danger to some.

Those closest to Victor know his true nature: his father, Pius, now drinking himself to death; his oldest friend, Charlie, wounded ... Read more

Told from the perspectives of these two equally strong-willed characters, After the Lockout is a first novel of tremendous ambition and achievement. At its heart is a conflict emblematic of a recurring faultline in Irish history, and of one more eternal and universal: between hope and experience; between ideals and human weakness.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
210g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007429493
SKU
9780007429493
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About Darran McCann
Darran McCann was born in Co. Armagh in 1979. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University before becoming a journalist with Belfast’s Irish News. He went on to write, teach and study at Queen’s University Belfast. His play, Confession, was produced at the Brian Friel Theatre in Belfast in 2008. He lives in Ireland with his family. ... Read more

Reviews for After the Lockout
‘A wonderful novel about what history has done to Ireland, and what Ireland has done to history. The triumph is that it is not only deeply intelligent and self-aware, but also entertaining from the first page to the last.’ Hilary Mantel ‘With this one novel Darran McCann succeeds ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for After the Lockout


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