Reading in the Dark

This is the story of a haunted childhood, a house where love and trust are hard to hold on to. The setting is Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s, fraught with political hatred, family secrets and lethal intrigue. As a young boy tries to make sense of life, poverty and violence shift and obscure the facts; meanwhile his night-time reading of Irish legends weaves enchantment through reality. Claustrophobic but lyrically charged, breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, this is one of the finest books about growing up - in Ireland or anywhere - that has ever been written.

Product details

• Authors: Seamus Deane, Deane Seamus
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781784875534
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-553-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Irish Classics; Irish Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, 20th Century, Northern Ireland, Narrative theme: Social issues, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999