
A Goat's Song : A masterpiece of Irish Fiction
by Dermot Healy
Title:
A Goat's Song : A masterpiece of Irish Fiction
Author:
Dermot Healy
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
416 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571281817
EAN:
9780571281817
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
458
Dimensions (mm):
201 x 129 x 29
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Discover the classic novel of 'a modern master' (Irish Times), described by Stephen Mangan on BBC2s Between the Covers as 'a gorgeous, gorgeous book' 'His great masterpiece.' Kevin Barry'A rare and powerful book.' E. Annie Proulx'One of those books that makes its own language.' Anne EnrightJack Ferris, playwright, drunk, is mired in contemplative misery in a fisherman's cottage on the windy bleak west coast of Ireland. Mourning his love affair with Catherine Adams, an actress and Protestant from the North, he summons her instead in his imagination. In doing so, he tells the story of her father Jonathan, failed parson and retired RUC man, shamed into exile by a moment of violence in Derry years ago. Masterly, elegiac, A Goat's Song conjures the contrasting landscapes and opposing myths of a nation divided.












