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The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small
Neil Jordan
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Hardcover.
Long-listed for the Walter Scott Prize 2022. 'It would begin with the burning mail coaches, my Citizen told me. And end with the citadel of freedom set up inside the castle gates. And I had a ticket for the playhouse for once. No more rapping at the stage door or hiding in the flies. So I took my time dressing that night while Julie attended to the lady and her child. I had best be well appointed, for the curtain call or the advent of freedom, whichever happened first. But there was the problem of choice. Mine was ... Read more
Long-listed for the Walter Scott Prize 2022. 'It would begin with the burning mail coaches, my Citizen told me. And end with the citadel of freedom set up inside the castle gates. And I had a ticket for the playhouse for once. No more rapping at the stage door or hiding in the flies. So I took my time dressing that night while Julie attended to the lady and her child. I had best be well appointed, for the curtain call or the advent of freedom, whichever happened first. But there was the problem of choice. Mine was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843518037
SKU
9781843518037
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About Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan is an Irish film director, screenwriter and author. His first book, Night in Tunisia, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize (1979). He was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature (1981), the Irish PEN Award (2004), and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award for Shade (2005) and Mistaken (2011), which also received the 2011 ... Read more
Reviews for The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small
'The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small is a thrilling reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. It is beautifully written - the rhythms are the rhythms of a revolutionary era - it wears the weight of its research lightly, and the headlong pace never falters. A masterwork from one of the most inventive artists ... Read more