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
- Author
- Seamus Deane
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 256
- Series
- Irish Classics
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781784875534
- Release date
- 2019
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