Grace Notes
Author(s): Bernard MacLaverty
Returning to Belfast after a long absense, to attend her father`s funeral. Catherine McKenna-a young composer-remembers exactly why she left- the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war with itself. She remembers a more innocent time, when the Loyalists Lambeg drums sounded mysterious and exciting; she remembers her shattered relationship with the drunken, violent Dave, she remembers the child she had with him, waiting back in Glasgow. This is a novel, about coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music, GRACE NOTES is a master story-teller`s triumphant return to the long form- a powerful lyrical novel of great distinction.
Product Information
Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 1997 and Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1997.
General Fields
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- : Random House
- : Vintage
- : 0.202
- : 27 February 1998
- : 198mm X 129mm X 18mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Bernard MacLaverty
- : Paperback
- : very good
- : 288