The Captains and the Kings
a stunning irish novel of old age, loneliness and the value of friendship
$30.30
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
9 February 1999
Summary
Echoes of the Past: A Novel of Friendship and Remembrance
Mr. Prendergast, an elderly Anglo-Irishman, spends his twilight years in the fading grandeur of his ancestral home. Lost in the shadows, his mind drifts through memories of his distant wife, his ineffectual father, his aloof and beautiful mother, and Alexander, the son she cherished, lost in the Great War.
With only his irritable, hard-drinking gardener for company, Mr. Prendergast is resigned to a life amongst these …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780747259343 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0747259348 |
| Author: | Jennifer Johnston |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 120g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
Formidably well done
Jennifer Johnston has written a beauty…full of sharp truth * Daily Telegraph *Elegantly written… it is a tragic story with a merciful ending… Jennifer Johnston knows her Ireland as well as she knows human nature * Irish Times *I greatly enjoyed and admired The Captains and the Kings – Kingsley Amis * Observer *Assured and skillful * The Sunday Times *Formidably well done * Guardian *
About The Author
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston, who died in 2025, was one of the foremost Irish writers of her generation. She won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize with SHADOWS ON OUR SKIN.
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