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Description for Temptation
Hardcover. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
A marriage and a family reach breaking point on an annual holiday in the loveliest hotel in Ireland. Dermot Bolger is one of the leading figures on the Irish literary scene. Very influential, amazingly energetic and prolific, popular and extremely well respected. Temptation is his seventh novel. Flamingo published his sixth, Father's Music, in 1997. Previous novels were published by Penguin. Dermot writes fast-paced, incredibly readable novels, usually with a thriller element, always about Ireland, more often than not about its Troubles. Temptation is quite different. It is about family life. It describes five days in the lives of Alison, her husband Peadar, and their three children, who are taking their annual holiday on the southeastern coast of Ireland. Each member of the family has his or her own hopes for the holiday and preoccupations about the lives they are briefly leaving behind. The holiday serves as a turning point in their lives, as Alison and Peadar's marriage is put to the test and the vulnerabilities of their children are brought to the fore. Previous novels have always featured a female central character, and Dermot seems to love writing from a female perspective -- and very good he is at it too. This new novel takes this strength and makes the most of it. Paciness and great readability are packed in there too.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780002261524
SKU
KJE0001178
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Dermot Bolger
dermot bolger was born in Dublin in 1959. His novels and plays have won many awards, in Ireland and internationally. He has also published seven volumes of poetry, and written for the screen. Bolger has been a notable and energetic champion of new Irish writers in his capacity as founder- publisher of Raven Arts Press, which he ran until 1992, whereafter he went on to start New Island Books. He is also the editor of the Picador Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction.
Reviews for Temptation
'An addictive read
a will-they-won't-they adultery tale, told fast and furiously. More than confirms his reputation as a master storyteller.' Sunday Express ' A beautifully understated novel whose portrait of a self-doubting woman is handled with rare and sensitive perspicacity.' Daily Mail 'Dermot Bolger's new novel manages to take the well-known elements of a "mid-life crisis" narrative and give them an added twist. Temptation is not simply a wistful story of "what might have been", rather it is a focused and insightful meditation on the nature of the self in relation to others. An intimate story...the emotions real, Bolger skilfully weaves the story of the past through the events of the present.' Irish Times 'It is rare that a man should be so adept and insightful at identifying the preoccupations of a mature woman and mother-of-three, but Bolger does just that in this tender, thoughtful novel.' Harpers & Queen 'Bolger writes with fierce intensity and with genuine insight into the mind of a woman...painting a portrait of family life with extraordinary wit and skill.' Dublin Evening Herald
a will-they-won't-they adultery tale, told fast and furiously. More than confirms his reputation as a master storyteller.' Sunday Express ' A beautifully understated novel whose portrait of a self-doubting woman is handled with rare and sensitive perspicacity.' Daily Mail 'Dermot Bolger's new novel manages to take the well-known elements of a "mid-life crisis" narrative and give them an added twist. Temptation is not simply a wistful story of "what might have been", rather it is a focused and insightful meditation on the nature of the self in relation to others. An intimate story...the emotions real, Bolger skilfully weaves the story of the past through the events of the present.' Irish Times 'It is rare that a man should be so adept and insightful at identifying the preoccupations of a mature woman and mother-of-three, but Bolger does just that in this tender, thoughtful novel.' Harpers & Queen 'Bolger writes with fierce intensity and with genuine insight into the mind of a woman...painting a portrait of family life with extraordinary wit and skill.' Dublin Evening Herald