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The Promise of Light
Paul Watkins
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Description for The Promise of Light
Paperback. In 1921, on an island off the New England coast, Ben Sheridan is settling down as a clerk at a small local bank. Across the bay at Newport, the roaring 1920s are just beginning to roar. When, through an accident, Sheridan finds out he is adopted he begins a quest to discover his true identity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
The year is 1921. Ben Sheridan, a young American, sets out for Ireland to track down his true family, and walks straight into the savagery of the Black-and-Tan war. The Promise of Light is an unforgettable novel of action, a remarkable study of youth, and a work of immense literary distinction by one of Britain's finest young writers.
'His prose is terse and direct, reminiscent of Hemingway, and like the great master he explores the clash of the masculine virtues of courage, loyalty and endurance with treachery and fear.' Daily Telegraph
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571169436
SKU
V9780571169436
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Ref
99-20
About Paul Watkins
Paul Watkins was born in 1964. He is the son of Welsh parents and was educated at the Dragon School, at Eton and at Yale. His novels include Night Over Day Over Night, Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn, In the Blue Light of African Dreams, The Promise of Night, Archangel, The Story of My Disappearance and The ... Read more
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