It is the summer of 1969 and ten-year-old Mal is finding it difficult to settle into his new home, a housing estate on the outskirts of Belfast. He befriends a brash and rebellious teenager, Francy, who revels in his own status as an outsider and has set up camp in the local dump. But this is no ordinary summer - the civil rights marches are beginning, and the simmering sectarian tensions of the Larkview estate are set to erupt, hastening Mal's painful, shocking loss of innocence. A critically acclaimed classic by one of ...
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It is the summer of 1969 and ten-year-old Mal is finding it difficult to settle into his new home, a housing estate on the outskirts of Belfast. He befriends a brash and rebellious teenager, Francy, who revels in his own status as an outsider and has set up camp in the local dump. But this is no ordinary summer - the civil rights marches are beginning, and the simmering sectarian tensions of the Larkview estate are set to erupt, hastening Mal's painful, shocking loss of innocence. A critically acclaimed classic by one of today's best Irish writers.The book also contains an essay by Glenn Patterson and a critical essay by Carlo G???bler. Glenn Patterson is also the author of Fat Lad, The International and The Third Party, all published by Blackstaff Press.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very good. Ships promptly with care and free tracking! No markings or highlights. Clean, crisp, bright pages. Cover has very slight wear. Tight binding. 320 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Very light creasing to top of DJ (not price-clipped) and a couple of small blemishes. Books itself has extremely light rubbing to edges of boards, otherwise fine.
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Very Good. Paper. Original typescript for the novel 'Burning your Own' by Glenn Patterson. Author's inscription. 329pp. Keywords: Family life, Irish original mss.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
