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John Lynch - Torn Water - 9780007202690 - KRF0036774
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Torn Water

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Description for Torn Water Paperback. Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback in very good condition. Some light shelf wear.

Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss.

‘He remembers when he was very young standing by water…How he had got there or where the pond was he couldn’t remember, but he can vaguely recall a larger hand on his and being led through the high rooms of a large building, to a large garden, where bees wove dozy patterns in the air. At the bottom of this garden lay the large pond, and he remembers ... Read more

When James Lavery's father is blown to bits by a bomb he intended to maim and kill others with, the boy keeps him alive in his imagination as a superhero, escaping the daily grind of school, his mother's drinking and his own acute loneliness by inventing extraordinary adventures for them both. But, gradually, through the agonies of adolescence James begins to understand the real cost of his father's weak and deluded heroism.

It is only when he falls in love himself, during a summer away from his tortured home life, that James finally begins to understand the true complexities of love, life and death…

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007202690
SKU
KRF0036774
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About John Lynch
John Lynch is a successful film and stage actor. He is perhaps most famous for his heartbreaking performance as the eponymous hero in the film of Bernard MacLaverty's novel ‘Cal’. He also starred in Jim Sheridan's ‘In the Name of the Father’ with Daniel Day Lewis, and in ‘Sliding Doors’ opposite Gywneth Paltrow. His new film ‘The Bridges of San ... Read more

Reviews for Torn Water
'Lynch brings alive the grimy realities of a land and family in the grip of the Troubles, while also conjuring the lilting dreamscapes of a young boy's mind.' Observer ‘A tale of great delicacy and originality, in which the fierce intensity of adolescence and, even more, the paranoia ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Torn Water


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