An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray (English) Paperback Book

Description: An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray Tells the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. This title features drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The wonderfully funny first novel from the author of the widely praised Skippy DiesAcclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured Irish novels of the last decade, An Evening of Long Goodbyes is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. Featuring drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre, Paul Murrays debut novel is a tour de force of comedic writing wrapped in an honest-to-goodness tale of a man - and a family - living in denial . . . Author Biography Paul Murray was born in Dublin in 1975 and is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void and The Bee Sting. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Skippy Dies was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. The Mark and the Void won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize. The Bee Sting won the Nero Book of the Year Award and the An Post Irish Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Writers Prize for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Paul Murray lives in Dublin. Review A freewheeling adventure through modern Dublin. Hilarious, rich and satisfying * Times Literary Supplement *A sheer triumph * Ali Smith *Innately entertaining. The plot scuttles along with Wodehouse-like delirium * Time Out *Every joke, every observation, every name reverberates with playful nuance and nervy significance; the end result is a gleeful tweak of the New Irelands proud nose * LA Times *One of the most entertaining and laugh-out-loud Irish yarns of recent years with a stack of one-liners any stand-up comedian would kill for. Quite hilarious * Irish Independent *Hugely original and funny. Nothing quite like it has been written before. Its wordplay and knockabout farce has a depth rare in humorous writing * Sunday Times *Daft, engaging, always thoroughly likeable . . . a writer of great talent * Evening Herald * Details ISBN0241955890 Author Paul Murray Year 2011 ISBN-10 0241955890 ISBN-13 9780241955895 Media Book Format Paperback Publication Date 2011-04-07 Short Title EVENING OF LONG GOODBYES BY PA Language English Pages 480 UK Release Date 2011-04-07 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Penguin Books Ltd DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2011-04-06 AU Release Date 2011-04-06 Alternative 9780141942032 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160769138;

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