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Inishowen

Inishowen

by JosephO'Connor (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

Inspector Martin Aitken's life is a mess. Divorced, his career's in chaos, and the last thing he needs this Christmas Even is a strange woman collapsed on a Dublin street. Ellen Donnelly is a woman on a mission, coming to Ireland to find her mother and escape her unfaithful husband. Dr Milton Amery is a New York plastic surgeon. All three of their roads lead to Inishowen.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03 May 2001
ISBN 10: 009928653X
ISBN 13: 9780099286530
Book Overview: Inishowen is by turns wildly funny and deeply moving, from the author of Star of the Sea.

Media Reviews
A powerful, moving adventure of raw fate and betrayed love * Independent on Sunday *
This is a tremendous book, affecting, intelligent, ironic, humane and utterly convincing. It is also extremely funny * Spectator *
Inishowen is a vast page-turner, full of compassion, laughter and zest for the human condition, as well as a rattling good story * Irish Times *
O'Connor is an enviably talented writer... A very fine novelist * Glasgow Herald *
Ireland's most versatile writer... His storytelling is masterful, and his characters are real and vibrant... A sombre, often heartbreaking story... O'Connor conducts his bittersweet symphony with humour, sensitivity and immense style * Independent on Sunday *
Author Bio
Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His novels include Cowboys and Indians (Whitbread Prize shortlist), Star of the Sea (Irish Post Award for Fiction, France's Prix Millepages, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year), Redemption Falls, and Ghost Light (Dublin One City One Book Novel, 2011). In 2012 he won the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature. His work has been published in thirty-five languages. www.josephoconnorauthor.com