Summary
The first novel by the bestselling Joseph O’Connor, reissued in Vintage alongside O’Connor’s other backlist titles in a striking new style.
Eddie Virago, proud owner of the last mohican haircut in Dublin, leaves his home town to find the fame and fortune he’s convinced awaits in the wild world of the London rock scene.
Things don’t quite go as planned, however. He finds himself living in a ramshackle hotel with a girl he met on the ferry over, while a bewildering array of acid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099498292 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099498294 |
| Author: | Joseph O'Connor |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 183g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Caustic and entertaining
Caustic and entertaining * Sunday Times *
Sharply observed and always entertaining * Independent *
This is an impressive debut: a good story, well told, great characters, with sardonic, knowing digs at the youthful pretention…clever, wry and often hilarious * Time Out *
Well-written, tremendously confident * Irish Independent *
Characters that leap out at you like figures in a pop-up book. Joseph O’Connor’s first novel suggests he is bound for fame * Observer *
Joseph O'Connor
JOSEPH O’CONNOR was born in Dublin. His books include:
- Cowboys and Indians
- Inishowen
- Star of the Sea
- Redemption Falls
- Ghost Light
- Shadowplay
- My Father’s House (Rome Escape Line trilogy)
- The Ghosts of Rome (Rome Escape Line trilogy)
His fiction has been translated into forty languages. He received the 2012 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature and in 2014 was appointed Frank McCourt Professor and Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Limerick.
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