Telling the Pictures by Frank Delaney

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Telling the Pictures by Frank Delaney

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Belle, a mill-girl from a poor and religiously oppressive Presbyterian household, has fashioned an escape by discovering the cinema. Through it she tells her workmates the story of each film she sees. It is through this gift that she developes a relationship with Gene, a Catholic.

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Telling the Pictures by Frank Delaney

‘In Belfast, in 1942, lived Belle, a mill-girl with a gift. Every morning at work, she enthralled people with the story of the film she saw last night.’ And as Belle brings magic to the grim rows of looms, a handsome newcomer watches silently, and Juliet meets her Romeo. For Belle is a Protestant: the stranger, from the south, a Catholic. The Belfast Telegraph, reporting the courtroom sensations, said afterwards, ‘She could tell the pictures better than the silver screen itself – but then along came a man with a silver tongue… ’
'When you invest in a Frank Delaney novel you get more than your money's worth' Daily Mail. 'A blockbuster with a purpose.' Times Literary Supplement. 'He certainly knows how to use bleak material to shocking and (perhaps shocking to say) entertaining effect.' Financial Times. 'A wonderful writer.' The Times. 'Delaney writes in a near documentary style: his words know they are tools.' Financial Times

Novelist, broadcaster and freelance journalist Frank Delaney was born in the south of Ireland in 1942. His radio programmes have included ‘Bookshelf’ and the language series ‘Word of Mouth’ on Radio 4. He regularly appears on TV, having made arts and history documentaries for the BBC, including ‘The Celts’, and features in the ‘Book Show’ on Sky News.

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ISBN 13 9780006479246
ISBN 10 0006479243
Title Telling the Pictures
Author Frank Delaney
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1994-08-08
Number of pages 496
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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