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Belinda McKeon - Solace - 9780330532327 - KTG0012849
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Solace

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Description for Solace Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.

Mark Casey has left home, the rural Irish community where his family has farmed the same land for generations, to study for a doctorate in Dublin, a vibrant, contemporary city full of possibility. To his father, Tom, who needs help baling the hay and ploughing the fields, Mark’s pursuit isn’t work at all, and indeed Mark finds himself whiling away his time with pubs and parties. His is a life without focus or responsibility, until he meets Joanne Lynch, a trainee solicitor whom he finds irresistible. Joanne too has a past to escape from and for a brief time she ... Read more

Solace is a work to be admired for its spare, intense lyricism, its range, and its deeply compassionate portrayal of life as it is lived now.

`An elegant, consuming and richly inspired novel. A superb debut. This one will last’ Colum McCann

`A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully-told truth . . . this book will appeal to readers both young and old’ Colm Tóibín

`A story of clear-eyed compassion and quiet intelligence’ Anne Enright

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Product Details

Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330532327
SKU
KTG0012849
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Belinda McKeon
Belinda McKeon's first novel, Solace, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer Award, and was named Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Year in 2011, as well as being shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her essays and journalism have appeared in the New York Times, the Paris Review, the Guardian and ... Read more

Reviews for Solace
"'An elegant, consuming and richly inspired novel. A superb debut. This one will last' Colum McCann 'A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully-told truth... this book will appeal to readers both young and old' Colm Toibin 'A story of clear-eyed compassion and quiet intelligence' Anne Enright"

Goodreads reviews for Solace


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