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- John Murray
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
'One of the most poignant, beautifully controlled and underrated novels to have appeared in recent years' Time Out
In this brilliant novel, a man searches for the truth about his parentage. His grandmother was a flamboyantly bad actress at the Abbey Theatre, married to a Free State hero. Slowly he uncovers more of his history. The pieces of the past begin to fit together, and the truth of his family is revealed . . .
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Praise for The Past
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Exquisite. beautifully written - Times Literary Supplement
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A haunting experience - Daily Telegraph
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A wonderful Irish novel - New York Times
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One of the most original talents to emerge in the last decade - The Spectator
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