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Reading in the Dark

This is the story of a haunted Irish childhood.

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.

See also: The Green Road by Anne Enright

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 256
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781784875534
  • Release date
  • 2019