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The Hill Road
Patrick O´keeffe
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Description for The Hill Road
Hardback. Very good copiy in clean dustwrapper. Frst edition.Signed by the author
The "Hill Road" marks the debut of an original and exciting new voice in Irish Fiction. Writing in the tradition of William Trevor and John McGahern, Patrick O'Keeffe has created a vision of rural Ireland in four unforgettable novellas, linked by setting and circumstance, that is clear-eyed, evocative, humorous and true. The townland of Kilkelly is at risk of being trapped for ever in an earlier version of itself, a time when shell-shocked soldiers returned from the trenches, and convent orphans could be billeted as servants with poor farmers; a time when a glamorous Irish American finds her liberated ways ... Read more
The "Hill Road" marks the debut of an original and exciting new voice in Irish Fiction. Writing in the tradition of William Trevor and John McGahern, Patrick O'Keeffe has created a vision of rural Ireland in four unforgettable novellas, linked by setting and circumstance, that is clear-eyed, evocative, humorous and true. The townland of Kilkelly is at risk of being trapped for ever in an earlier version of itself, a time when shell-shocked soldiers returned from the trenches, and convent orphans could be billeted as servants with poor farmers; a time when a glamorous Irish American finds her liberated ways ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747571582
SKU
KEX0303093
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Patrick O´keeffe
Patrick O'Keeffe was born and grew up in Co. Limerick, but moved to the United States in his 20s and now lives and teaches at the University of Michigan.He is working on a novel.
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