The year is 1921. Ben Sheridan, a young American, sets out for Ireland to track down his true family, and walks straight into the savagery of the Black-and-Tan war. The Promise of Light is an unforgettable novel of action, a remarkable study of youth, and a work of immense literary distinction by one of Britain's finest young writers.
'His prose is terse and direct, reminiscent of Hemingway, and like the great master he explores the clash of the masculine virtues of courage, loyalty and endurance with treachery and fear.' Daily Telegraph
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Superbly crafted...Myth and archetype are all over the place in "The Promise of Light," as real as the craving for independence or the hills of Connemara. "The Boston Globe"
Watkins is a territic writer...His books are lucid, intelligent and shamelessly entertaining, written in lean, evocative prose and displaying an uncommon delight in storytelling. "Washington Post Book World"
A full-fashioned romantic...Watkins is aware of every burning cottage, every hedgerow ambush, every body thrown on the road - of the powerful emotional magic of that distance scene. "The New Yorker"
Plaintive, beautifully realized. "The Chicago Tribune"
"The Promise of Light" is that rare find, an action-packed book written in prose as sharp as the crack of rifle fire, as evocative as the smell of burning peat. "The Providence Journal""
"Superbly crafted...Myth and archetype are all over the place in The Promise of Light, as real as the craving for independence or the hills of Connemara." --The Boston Globe
"Watkins is a territic writer...His books are lucid, intelligent and shamelessly entertaining, written in lean, evocative prose and displaying an uncommon delight in storytelling." --Washington Post Book World
"A full-fashioned romantic...Watkins is aware of every burning cottage, every hedgerow ambush, every body thrown on the road - of the powerful emotional magic of that distance scene." --The New Yorker
"Plaintive, beautifully realized." --The Chicago Tribune
"The Promise of Light is that rare find, an action-packed book written in prose as sharp as the crack of rifle fire, as evocative as the smell of burning peat." --The Providence Journal
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Descrizione libro 1st printing of 1st US edition. Signed by author on half title page. Fine hard cover book/ slight edgewear otherwise very good+ price clipped dust jacket. Codice articolo 564206