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Beatlebone
Kevin Barry
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Description for Beatlebone
Paperback. One of the most talked-about novels of 2015. Winner of the Goldsmiths prize and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS
"John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip."
A novel of family, ghosts, love, music and the quest for truth, Beatlebone recounts a wild journey through the west of Ireland in 1978. At its helm is John, a maddened genius fleeing fame and seeking peace. With his deadpan Irish driver, Cornelius, at his side, John is hellbent on reaching the Island of Dorinish, an assignment he arranged ten years before.
Lyrical, freewheeling, quixotic and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782116165
SKU
V9781782116165
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About Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is the author of the novels Beatlebone, City of Bohane and Night Boat to Tangier and the story collections Dark Lies the Island and There Are Little Kingdoms. His awards include the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize and the Lannan Foundation Literary Award. His stories and essays have appeared ... Read more
Reviews for Beatlebone
Books like this come along once in a generation
New York Times
Superb . . . Beatlebone is a novel of necessary invention: profound, funny, hard to pin down
Irish Times
Casually lyrical, formally inventive, funny and moving, it is a small wonder
Sunday Times ... Read more
New York Times
Superb . . . Beatlebone is a novel of necessary invention: profound, funny, hard to pin down
Irish Times
Casually lyrical, formally inventive, funny and moving, it is a small wonder
Sunday Times ... Read more