The Thrill of It All

Informationen zum Autor Joseph O’Connor’s fiction has been published in forty languages. His twenty books include eleven novels, among them the million-selling Star of the Sea , Ghost Light , Shadowplay and My Father’s House , a Washington Post Book of the Year. His work has been shortlisted for the LA Times Book Award, twice for the Whitbread/Costa and twice for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and has won the Nielsen Bookscan Golden Book Award, France’s Prix Millepages, Italy’s Premio Acerbi and Premio Napoli, an American Library Association Award, the American Ireland Fund Literary Award, the Hennessy Writer of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards, the Eason/An Post Novel of the Year Award, a Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, the Irish Pen Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year. He is Frank McCourt Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick. www.josephoconnorauthor.com Klappentext At college in 1980s Luton, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets the elusive Fran Mulvey, an orphaned Vietnamese refugee. Together they form a band. A story of music, loyalties, friendship, and the call of the muse, this is a warm-hearted and deeply moving novel for anyone who has ever loved a song, from the bestselling author of GHOST LIGHT and STAR OF THE SEA. Zusammenfassung Luton, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets the elusive Fran Mulvey, an orphaned Vietnamese refugee. Together they form a band. Joined by cellist Sarah-Therese Sherlock and her twin brother Sean on drums, The Ships in the Night set out to chase fame. But the story of this makeshift family is haunted by ghosts from the past.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Connor, O&apos, Joseph O'Connor, O'Connor Joseph
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9780099481539
• ISBN: 978-0-09-948153-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Irische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), England, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Friendship, Family life fiction, United States of America, USA, Popular Music, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, c 1990 to c 1999, c 1980 to c 1989, FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / 21st Century