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.
A freewheeling adventure through modern DublinHilarious, 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 Ireland's 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 *
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 Ireland's 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 *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241955895 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241955890 |
| Title | An Evening of Long Goodbyes |
| Author | Paul Murray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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