Foolish Mortals

Her writing is a joy: dialogue snaps with life while Johnston's distinctive prose is at once supremely comfortable and delightfully brisk Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Johnston, who died in 2025, was one of the foremost Irish writers of her generation. She won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize with SHADOWS ON OUR SKIN.Festive family life can be a disaster... FOOLISH MORTALS is a witty yet subtle novel from the celebrated, prize-winning Irish writer, Jennifer Johnston Zusammenfassung A witty, wry domestic drama from the celebrated, prize-winning Irish writer, Jennifer Johnston

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A witty, wry domestic drama from the celebrated, prize-winning Irish writer, Jennifer Johnston

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Johnston
• Publisher: Review Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2008
• EAN: 9780755330539
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-3053-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Family life fiction