The gatemaker - Softcover
A vivid recreation of Dublin and Belfast in the war years, and the capstone of a remarkable trilogy whose author has imagined herself into the history of its characters with unfailing truth and compassion' - Anthony Cronin The third book in the author's Dublin trilogy, which began with the critically acclaimed The Dancer and was followed by The Gambler, climaxes in the suburb of Crumlin with tragedy and shame for the dancer's family. Christine Dwyer Hickey's elegant and beautiful prose culminates here in the final chapter of one family's decline from prosperity to poverty. Her superbly drawn characters are made to face up to the often terrible consequences of their own actions, evoking a moving and elegiac testament to the city of Dublin in years during and after the Second World War. At once disquieting and deeply resonant, Dwyer Hickey creates a vivid sense of time and place, where, in an age of desperate poverty, the tortuous forces of life are brought to bear on this Dublin family.
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- PublisherMarino Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1860231160
- ISBN 13 9781860231162
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages398
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Book Description First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. SIGNED by author. Physical description: 398 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Belfast (Northern Ireland) Fiction; Crumlin (Dublin, Ireland) Fiction; Domestic fiction; Dublin (Ireland) Fiction; Fathers and sons; Fathers and sons Fiction; Historical fiction; Ireland Dublin; Ireland Dublin Crumlin; Northern Ireland Belfast. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 410139
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THE GATEMAKER
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This is true first edition, first printing (first impression) with a full numberline beginning with [1] to the copyright page indicating a true first print, a paperback original with no hardcover printed, light rubbing to the cover. A series of scrapes to the bottom of the text block, text not affected. Scarce with a very small first print run. Signed and Dated by the author to the title page [Christine D. Hickey, 23rd Feb, 2007]. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 013690
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