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The Valparaiso Voyage
Dermot Bolger
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Description for The Valparaiso Voyage
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
This is the story of Brendan Brogan, who grew up in a small town outskirts of Dublin. An unhappy childhood leads to an unhappy adulthood. When circumstances offer Brogan a chance to fake his own death, he seizes the chance and runs - far away to Portugal. But no one can escape the past entirely.
This is the story of Brendan Brogan, who grew up in a small town outskirts of Dublin. An unhappy childhood leads to an unhappy adulthood. When circumstances offer Brogan a chance to fake his own death, he seizes the chance and runs - far away to Portugal. But no one can escape the past entirely.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780002261791
SKU
KOC0025896
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Dermot Bolger
Dermot Bolger was born in Dublin in 1959. His novels and plays have won many awards, in Ireland and internationally. He has also published several volumes of poetry. Bolger has been a notable and energetic champion of new Irish writers in his capacity as founder-publisher of Raven Arts Press, which he ran until 1992, whereafter he went on to start ... Read more
Reviews for The Valparaiso Voyage
'No Irish novelist since McGahern has been so obsessed with the poetics of love, death and sex. No Irish novelist has so brilliantly captured the suburban underbelly of the city, the crazy unofficial lives.' Colm Toibin 'Joyce, O'Flaherty, Brian Moore, a fistful of O'Briens, this is a succulent Who's Who of Irish writing, and Dermot Bolger is of the ... Read more