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Glenn Patterson - The Third Party - 9780856408090 - 9780856408090
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The Third Party

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Description for The Third Party Paperback. 169pp

Breakfast in a hotel, a stroll through town then it’s off to a meting with clients, followed by dinner and bed … what could be more routine in the life of a travelling businessman?

But this is Hiroshima, no ordinary city. And for this Belfast businessman, the past is not quite so innocent as the product that he is selling. When he meets Ike, a fellow traveller from Belfast who just happens to be in Japan for a conference on ‘writing and conflict’, the narrator gradually finds that the past and its legacies cannot be ignored, whether he's in ... Read more

Bristling with taut psychological energy, The Third Party is a knowing and powerful exploration of the legacies of war by one of our best Irish writers. Glenn Patterson is also the author of Burning Your Own, Fat Lad and The International, all published by Blackstaff Press.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Belfast
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856408090
SKU
9780856408090
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Glenn Patterson
Glenn Patterson is the author of eight previous novels, including Burning Your Own, Fat Lad, The International – `the best novel about the Troubles ever written’ (Anne Enright) – and The Third Party. He is the co-writer of Good Vibrations (BBC Films/The Works), an award-winning movie based on the life of Belfast punk impresario Terri Hooley.

Reviews for The Third Party
an intriguing and highly entertaining novel
Roddy Doyle A perfect literary artefact: deftly plotted, artfully constructed, very sad, very wise, and very, very funny. It will, without a doubt, consolidate Glenn Patterson's reputation as one of our foremost novelists.
Carlo Gébler Under the surface of this deft, witty and moving novel, the big questions tick inexorably on. Glenn ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Third Party


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