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Carnivalesque
Neil Jordan
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Description for Carnivalesque
Hardback. 288 pages. Signed by the author
It looked like any other carnival, but of course it wasn't... It had its own little backstreets, its alleyways of hanging bulbs and ghost trains and Punch and Judy stands ... And at the end of one he saw the Hall of Mirrors. There were looping strings of carnival lights leading towards it, and a large sign in mirrored glass reading `Burleigh's Amazing Hall of Mirrors' and the sign reflected the lights in all sorts of magically distorted ways. To Andy and his parents, it looks like any other carnival: creaking ... Read more
It looked like any other carnival, but of course it wasn't... It had its own little backstreets, its alleyways of hanging bulbs and ghost trains and Punch and Judy stands ... And at the end of one he saw the Hall of Mirrors. There were looping strings of carnival lights leading towards it, and a large sign in mirrored glass reading `Burleigh's Amazing Hall of Mirrors' and the sign reflected the lights in all sorts of magically distorted ways. To Andy and his parents, it looks like any other carnival: creaking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408881392
SKU
s9781408881392
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan was born in 1950 in Sligo. His first book of stories, Night in Tunisia, won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979, and his subsequent critically acclaimed novels include The Past, Sunrise with Sea Monster, Shade and, most recently, The Drowned Detective. The films he has written and directed have won multiple awards, including an Academy Award (The Crying ... Read more
Reviews for Carnivalesque
Written in beautifully poetic prose
Daily Mail
Has an aching, plaintive melancholy
Irish Times
His cinematic sensibility yields prose of the most bewitching kind
Sunday Times
One of Ireland's most talented artists
John Banville
Jordan has a light touch and a clear eye on matters of the heart
Eoin McNamee
... Read more
Daily Mail
Has an aching, plaintive melancholy
Irish Times
His cinematic sensibility yields prose of the most bewitching kind
Sunday Times
One of Ireland's most talented artists
John Banville
Jordan has a light touch and a clear eye on matters of the heart
Eoin McNamee
... Read more