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Is That All There Is?
William King
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Description for Is That All There Is?
Paperback. Dublin is revealed in all its excess and greed, before and after the crash, in seethingly accurate portrayals of those who became caught up in the fury of the boom. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
It is boom time in Dublin, and Philip and Sam, a professional couple in banking and advertising gorged on vertiginous success, buy a run-down monastery in a wealthy suburb. As they renovate their statement home and throw lavish parties to consolidate their social standing, cracks begin to appear in the designer fixtures, mirroring the disintegration of their marriage and a once-solid moral scaffolding. William King pierces the surface of this era of glitz and easy credit, following the contours of Ireland’s bubble-and-burst through a vivid cast of characters whose stories interweave – the unsavoury banker Sharkey, a retired doctor, a ... Read more
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Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843513940
SKU
V9781843513940
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About William King
WILLIAM KINGwas born in Kilflynn, County Kerry, in 1945. He studied at University College Dublin and Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, and is parish priest at Corpus Christi, Drumcondra. He is author of bestselling novels The Strangled Impulse (1997), Swansong (2001) and Leaving Ardglass (2008).
Reviews for Is That All There Is?
Praise for Leaving Ardglass: 'A finely written and brave book that throws up uncomfortable truths and interesting parallels between hidden worlds driven by ambitious men determined to survive.' Dermot Bolger, the Sunday Business Post.