'It seemed as if the town of Carn, a huddled clump of windswept grey buildings split in two by a muddied main street, had somehow been spirited away and supplanted by a thriving, bustling place which bore no resemblance whatever to it. For a split second, she saw her own death, a gunmetal face fixed on the sky, all around the faces and voices of Carn as she had known it. Josie Keenan had come home to the town of Carn, the only home she knew' 'A unique record by somebody who understands that the reality of small-town life ...
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'It seemed as if the town of Carn, a huddled clump of windswept grey buildings split in two by a muddied main street, had somehow been spirited away and supplanted by a thriving, bustling place which bore no resemblance whatever to it. For a split second, she saw her own death, a gunmetal face fixed on the sky, all around the faces and voices of Carn as she had known it. Josie Keenan had come home to the town of Carn, the only home she knew' 'A unique record by somebody who understands that the reality of small-town life is as important in literature as any aspect of Ireland . . . a savage, raw and bitter honesty . . . I know no Irish writer with such an obvious, extraordinary talent' Dermot Bolger, Sunday Independent 'Powerful, precise writing - Patrick McCabe's Carn introduces one of the most promising writers in a long, long time' Bill Buford, Granta 'Resolute . . . the writing is raw and didactic. His story bears the hideous ring of authenticity' Guardian 'Stylishly narrated, but with the chronological forthrightness that comes as a benison after some modern novels' London Review of Books
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Add this copy of Carn to cart. $2.46, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Delta.
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Good. No Jacket. BZ5-A hard cover library rebound trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good-condition with no dust jacket. A tight, clean, sound copy in color paper laminated boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library library stamps and label on the half title page and title page plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus there is some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A novel that is a microcosm of Ireland and about two women: one returning to the only home she knew but it has become strange with unfamiliar names and places but also haunted by old ghosts of the town she had left behind; the other is a young woman whose life is just betinning and she dreams of swooning in the arms of Elvis and of running off to London with a rock singer. 234p.
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