Night Boat to Tangier
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Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * "A darkly incantatory tragicomedy of love and betrayal ... Beautifully paced, emotionally wise." --The Boston GlobeIn the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen--Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs--sit at night, none too patiently. The pair are trying to locate Maurice's estranged daughter, Dilly, whom they've heard is either arriving on a boat coming from Tangier or departing on one heading there.
This nocturnal vigil will initiate an extraordinary journey back in time to excavate their shared history of violence, romance, mutual betrayals, and serial exiles. Rendered with the dark humor and the hardboiled Hibernian lyricism that have made Kevin Barry one of the most striking and admired fiction writers at work today, Night Boat to Tangier is a superbly melancholic melody of a novel, full of beautiful phrases and terrible men.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781101911341 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101911344 |
| Title | Night Boat to Tangier |
| Author | Kevin Barry |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2020-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2019 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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