Sudden Times
Dermot Healy(Author)
The Harvill Press
Published on 1. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-86046-730-1 (ISBN)
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Description
Ollie is back home in Sligo, but his mind is still in London. He is keeping life simple, dealing with trolleys in the supermarket, dosing with some art students, treading quietly on the stairs, watching himself. But close his eyes and he's back in the city with his pal Marty, queuing for jobs on building sites and drinking in The Lag. At night the terror closes in: the gangsters, the protection rackets, Scots Bob and Silver John, his brother Redmond. Finally, he realizes that he must go back and face his ghosts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86046-730-1 (9781860467301)
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Person
Dermot Healy was born in Finea, Co. Westmeath, Ireland in 1947. He is the author of two novels, Fighting with Shadows (1984) and A Goat's Song (1994), which won the Encore award; a volume of memoirs, The Bend for Home (1996), and a collection of short stories. He is also a playwright, a poet and the founding editor of the journal Force 10.