An evening of long goodbyes
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- ISBN: 9780141942032 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0141942037 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource. - Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin, 2004.
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General Note: | Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2003. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Brothers and sisters -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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Summary:
Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured Irish novels of recent years: An Evening of Long Goodbyes is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. Featuring drinking: greyhound racing: vanishing furniture: more drinking: old movies: assorted Dublin lowlife: eviction and the perils of community theatre: Paul Murray's debut novel is a tour de force of comedic writing wrapped in an honest-to-goodness tale of a man--and a family--living in denial ...