The Fields: A Novel
Autor Kevin Maheren Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iul 2014
Kate
Atkinson
welcomes
a
first
novel
that's
"a
joy
to
read:
fresh,
funny,
and
always
unexpected."
It's the first summer of lust for 14-year-old Jim Finnegan, a boy trying to become a man in 1980s Dublin. Jim's days are spent navigating his boisterous family, taking breakneck bike rides with his best friend, dancing to Foreigner on his boombox, and quietly coveting the local girls from afar.
Jim's teenage dreams come true when he wins the attention of a beautiful older girl-but he also becomes the target of a devious religious figure in the community. When Jim and his girlfriend take a clandestine trip by ferry to London, the dark and difficult repercussions of their journey force Jim to look for the solution to all his problems in some very unusual places.
THE FIELDS is an unforgettable portrait of a boy who sinks into troubles as he grows into a man, and the loving but fractured family that might be his downfall--or his salvation.
It's the first summer of lust for 14-year-old Jim Finnegan, a boy trying to become a man in 1980s Dublin. Jim's days are spent navigating his boisterous family, taking breakneck bike rides with his best friend, dancing to Foreigner on his boombox, and quietly coveting the local girls from afar.
Jim's teenage dreams come true when he wins the attention of a beautiful older girl-but he also becomes the target of a devious religious figure in the community. When Jim and his girlfriend take a clandestine trip by ferry to London, the dark and difficult repercussions of their journey force Jim to look for the solution to all his problems in some very unusual places.
THE FIELDS is an unforgettable portrait of a boy who sinks into troubles as he grows into a man, and the loving but fractured family that might be his downfall--or his salvation.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316223553
ISBN-10: 0316223557
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316223557
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Kevin
Maher
was
born
and
raised
in
South
Dublin.
He
moved
to
London
to
begin
a
career
in
journalism
in
1994.
He
was
Film
Editor
of
theFacefor
five
years,
and
has
written
features
and
film
criticism
for
theGuardian,
theObserver,
andTime
Out.
For
the
last
seven
years
he
has
been
a
feature
writer,
critic,
and
columnist
forThe
Times.
He
lives
in
England
with
his
wife
and
three
children.
THE
FIELDS
is
his
first
novel.
Recenzii
"A
joy
to
read:
fresh,
funny,
moving,
and
always
unexpected."
--- Kate Atkinson, author ofLife After LifeandCase Histories
It's not often, reading a first novel, that you can settle back with a happy sigh, confident that you're in safe hands...Fresh, beguiling, and laugh-out-loud funny on every page, this must be the most enjoyable Irish novel sinceSkippy Dies."—The Guardian
"Magic and weirdly moving."—The Times(London)
--- Kate Atkinson, author ofLife After LifeandCase Histories
It's not often, reading a first novel, that you can settle back with a happy sigh, confident that you're in safe hands...Fresh, beguiling, and laugh-out-loud funny on every page, this must be the most enjoyable Irish novel sinceSkippy Dies."—The Guardian
"Magic and weirdly moving."—The Times(London)