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The Interview
Patricia O´reilly
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Description for The Interview
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
Paris 1972. Eileen Gray, Irish designer and architect now in her 90s, is the reluctant darling of the international media, second time around. After years of living in reclusive oblivion the record breaking price paid for her Destiny screen in the Doucet sale has her back in the news. Bruce Chatwin, young, rising star of Fleet Street, spends two hours closeted with her in her apartment. Why wasn’t the interview published? What happened between Eileen Gray and Bruce Chatwin that afternoon? In this brilliant new novel, Patricia O'Reilly explores that event and imagines what happened between the two.
Paris 1972. Eileen Gray, Irish designer and architect now in her 90s, is the reluctant darling of the international media, second time around. After years of living in reclusive oblivion the record breaking price paid for her Destiny screen in the Doucet sale has her back in the news. Bruce Chatwin, young, rising star of Fleet Street, spends two hours closeted with her in her apartment. Why wasn’t the interview published? What happened between Eileen Gray and Bruce Chatwin that afternoon? In this brilliant new novel, Patricia O'Reilly explores that event and imagines what happened between the two.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781848403482
SKU
V9781848403482
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About Patricia O´reilly
Patricia O’Reilly comes to writing books via the route of freelance journalism and radio documentaries and plays. She has long been fascinated by Eileen Gray, who is the subject of many of her literary works. Her previous novels, also inspired by real life, include A Type of Beauty: The Story of Kathleen Newton (long listed for Historical Novel Society Award 2012) and Time and ... Read more
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