Shade - Softcover

Neil Jordan

3.32

597 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719561884 ISBN 13: 9780719561887

Publisher: Hodder Pb, 2005

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Ireland, 1950. Nina Hardy wakes in the big house where she grew up. Now aged fifty, she has returned to the fading beauty of her old home, and its unkempt gardens, its views of the wild Irish Sea, and its long-buried memories. With her childhood friend George, she is seeking peace from a turbulent world. But by the end of the day, a brutal crime will have been committed, which will alter their lives forever.

As Nina tries to make sense of everything that has happened, a remarkable story unfolds - a story of a childhood, of extraordinary friendships, and of a war. With wonderful characters, full of passion and drama,Shadeis an unforgettable novel that will make great holiday reading.

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Review:

We know from the earliest pages of Neil Jordan's numinous, slow-building fourth novel, Shade that its narrator, 50-old Nina Hardy, has been murdered with a pair of gardening shears by her childhood friend George Truite. The mystery is not who has committed this crime, but why. And although George has been for some years a resident of the local insane asylum, only recently allowed to experiment again with independent living, his madness is but a small part of the answer to that question. Set in Ireland near Drogheda, at the mouth of the river Boyne, Shade casts a wistful eye on childhood desires and alliances, and its lonely-girl-in-a-big-house beginnings will call to mind William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault. But like Jordan's greatest success, the film The Crying Game, this novel is full of surprises--and the biggest shocks are not always the most telling. --Jill Harvey

About the Author:

Neil Jordan is the author of three acclaimed novels and an award-winning collection of stories. As a director, his films include 'The Company of Wolves', 'Mona Lisa', 'The End of the Affair', and 'The Crying Game', which won him an Oscar for Best Screenplay.Shadeis his first novel in ten years.

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