The Gathering

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 260 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. The Nine Surviving Children Of The Hegarty Clan Gather In Dublin For The Wake Of Their Wayward Brother Liam. It Wasn't The Drink That Killed Him-it Was What Happened To Him As A Boy In His Grandmothers House In 1968

Publishers Description: The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then, as she is now: keeping the dead man company, just for another little while.The Gathering is a family epic, condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enright's unblinking eye. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother, Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester. This is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.show more

ISBN: 9780224078740