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The Blue Tango
Eoin McNamee
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Description for The Blue Tango
Paperback. On the morning of the 13th November 1952, the body of 19-year-old Patricia Curran was carried into the surgery belonging to the family doctor. At first Dr Kenneth Wilson thought she had been the victim of an accidental shooting. In fact, a post-mortem revealed that she had been stabbed repeatedly. Series: The Blue Trilogy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
'At 2.20am in the morning of the 13th November 1952 the body of 19 year old Patricia Curran was carried into the surgery belonging to the family doctor. At first Dr Kenneth Wilson thought she had been the victim of an accidental shooting. In fact a subsequent post-mortem revealed that she had been stabbed thirty seven times.'
Eoin McNamee's wonderful novel, which is based on one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in recent history, is at once a gripping thriller and a danse macabre through a shadowy world of corruption and sexual intrigue - a darkly lyric narrative ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Series
The Blue Trilogy
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571207701
SKU
9780571207701
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Ref
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About Eoin McNamee
Eoin McNamee's novels include Resurrection Man, later made into a film, The Blue Tango, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Orchid Blue, described by John Burnside in the Guardian as 'not only a political novel of the highest order but also that rare phenomenon, a genuinely tragic work of art,' and Blue is the Night which was awarded the ... Read more
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