A State of Mind - Brossura

Casey, Kevin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1843511533 ISBN 13: 9781843511533

Casa editrice: Lilliput Pr Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

At the height of the Troubles in the mid-1970s, John Hughes, journalist and aspiring novelist, has lost his way. Comfortably settled in rural Wicklow, with his wife Laura away in Dublin and teenage daughter Rachel at boarding school, his days haze into aimless meanderings and afternoons in the local pub.
When once-feted English author Bill Cromer and Ingrid, his German girlfriend, move into the Old Rectory to enjoy Ireland's tax advantages, John awakens from his torpor to find himself caught up in a vortex of marital betrayal, suicide, nationalist resentment and blackmail.
Aware of of his tenuous hold on sanity, and faced with the destruction of all that he cherishes, John is forced to redeem himself as a writer.

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In mid-1970s rural Wicklow, John Hughes, a once-feted journalist/author with writer's block, reflects on recent events. When English author William Cromer and his German lover Ingrid move to the Old Rectory nearby, their lives are transformed and an alcohol-fuelled affair begins. Hughes puts at risk everything he has ever loved - his wife Laura, teenage daughter Rachael and the bucolic ease of their quiet corner of Ireland. Nationalist resentment of this tax-free haven enjoyed by foreigners is sparked by events in Northern Ireland, and John finds himself in the middle of extortion, blackmail, marital betrayal and a suicide. As old and new friendships unravel, even lunchtime visits to the local pub become points of attrition. Losing his friends and mistress, John is forced to take responsibility for his actions in order to save his family and his integrity, and to find release as a writer.

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• Editore: Lilliput Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1843511533
• ISBN 13: 9781843511533
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 296