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In the taut latest from Enright (What Are You Like?), middle-aged Veronica Hegarty, the middle child in an Irish-Catholic family of nine, traces the aftermath of a tragedy that has claimed the life of rebellious elder brother Liam. As Veronica travels to London to bring Liam's body back to... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Liam: Add a description of this character.
- Lamb Nugent
- Charlie Spillane
- Tom
- Ada Merriman: the centre, the spider at the middle of the web
- Mammy
- Michael Weiss
- Rebecca
- Ernest
- Mossie
- Ivor
- Emily
- Hegarty
- Kitty
- Alice
- Bea
- Midge
- Veronica: Narrator of the story. We see the Hegarty clan from her eyes. She is the responsible child. Never remembered by her mother but strongly loyal to the family. She was closest to Liam in childhood. As she examines the family history and dynamics she starts to crack at the seams. Her own marriage in an unhappy place, she begins to wonder if she should end it. Is she going mad?
- Lambert Nugent
- Frank Duff
- Stevie
- Sarah
- Rose
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I would like to write down what happened in my grandmother's house the summer I was eight or nine, but I am not sure if it really did happen.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2007 of 46 in Booker Prize Winners. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Inheritance of Loss, and followed by The White Tiger.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Enright (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Black Cat
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: September 10, 2007
ISBN: 0802170390
Page Count: 260
Publisher: Black Cat
Country: Ireland
Publication Date: September 10, 2007
ISBN: 0802170390
Page Count: 260
Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (2007)
- Irish Book Award (2008)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 2008360145
- Dewey: 823.914
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