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Fool´s Sanctuary
Jennifer Johnston
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Description for Fool´s Sanctuary
paperback. The end of an Indian summer and the beginning of the Troubles; the perfect setting for a family tragedy Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
The Great War is over; but the war in Ireland is only just beginning, as the IRA and the Black and Tans move on to the attack. It all seems very remote to Miranda Martin, during that miraculous Indian summer. Her father, hoping to forget his dead wife, thinks of nothing but his trees; Miranda thinks of the future, a future which must surely include Cathal, who brings news from Dublin. Everything seems calm and serene.
But then Andrew, her officer brother, comes home, bringing his eccentric, likeable friend Harry, and as the Indian summer fades, the scene ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747259374
SKU
V9780747259374
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
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?). ... Read more
Reviews for Fool´s Sanctuary
Uncliched, wondrously (and deftly) evocative of time and place, and remarkably moving
Kirkus Reviews
One of Ireland's finest writers
Sunday Tribune
An immaculate artist: understated, unshowy, a careful and economical craftswoman of language and all the loose, unwieldy stuff of emotion
Scotsman
One of our most impressive novelists
Sunday Express
Kirkus Reviews
One of Ireland's finest writers
Sunday Tribune
An immaculate artist: understated, unshowy, a careful and economical craftswoman of language and all the loose, unwieldy stuff of emotion
Scotsman
One of our most impressive novelists
Sunday Express