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10%OFFBilly Roche - The Wexford Trilogy:  A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain, Belfry - 9781854594716 - V9781854594716
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The Wexford Trilogy: A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain, Belfry

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Description for The Wexford Trilogy: A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain, Belfry Paperback. This text comprises of three plays that tell of life in small-town southern Ireland. Set variously in a betting shop, a snooker club and the local church, each play introduces a new group of true-to-life characters who present a spectrum of vulnerability, posturing and ambition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.

A modern Irish classic, telling three separate but related tales of small-town life in southern Ireland: A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain and Belfry.

Set in a snooker club, a betting shop and a local church, each play introduces a mix of young cornerboys, old cowboys and chancers of any age in a lyrical, poignant and often hilarious account of lost dreams and thwarted ambitions.

Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
92
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854594716
SKU
V9781854594716
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About Billy Roche
Billy Roche is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Wexford, he worked as an actor and a singer before turning to writing in the 1980s. His plays include the acclaimed Wexford Trilogy, comprising A Handful of Stars (1988), Poor Beast in the Rain (1989) and Belfry (1990), which won him numerous awards in both Ireland and ... Read more

Reviews for The Wexford Trilogy: A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain, Belfry
'How many contemporary writers give us the feeling that O'Casey has been exhumed in order to set a Chekhov short story to dialogue?'
The Times
'If you want to know about roots, change, loss, growth, camaraderie, alienation or any of a dozen pertinent topics you should see Roche's wonderfully ambivalent tales of a town that's simultaneously mean and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Wexford Trilogy: A Handful of Stars, Poor Beast in the Rain, Belfry


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