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Colm Tóibín - The Blackwater Lightship - 9780330389860 - 9780330389860
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The Blackwater Lightship

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Description for The Blackwater Lightship Paperback. This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in its emotion and spare in its construction .. Toibin has crafted an unmissable read' Sunday Herald Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.

Set in Ireland in the 1990s, Colm Tóibín's The Blackwater Lightship tells the story of the Devereux family, and reveals the intense connection between grandmother, mother and daughter.

Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and her granddaughter Helen – have come together after years of strife and reached an uneasy truce. Helen’s adored brother Declan is dying. Two friends join him and the women in a crumbling old house by the sea, where the six of them, from different generations and with different beliefs, must listen and come to terms with one another.

'It is in his emotional choreography ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330389860
SKU
9780330389860
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3

About Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including Brooklyn, the 2009 Costa Novel of the Year, The Master, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize and winner of the LA Times Book Prize and the IMPAC Book Award, and The Blackwater Lightship, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize ... Read more

Reviews for The Blackwater Lightship
This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in its emotion and spare in its construction . . . Tóibín has crafted an unmissable read.
Sunday Herald
It is in his emotional choreography that Tóibín shows himself to be an exceptional writer. Helen is estranged from both her mother and grandmother . . . Tóibín helps them ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Blackwater Lightship


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