by Bernard Mac Laverty (Author)
Returning to Belfast after a long absence, to attend her father's funeral, Catherine McKenna - a young composer - remembers exactly why she left; the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war with itself. She remembers a more innocent time, when the Loyalists' Lambeg drums sounded mysterious and exciting; she remembers her shattered relationship with the drunken, violent Dave; she remembers the child she had with him, waiting back in Glasgow. A novel about coming to terms with the past, and the healing power of music, GRACE NOTES is a master story-teller's triumphant return to the long form: a powerful lyrical novel of great distinction.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: First Edition, 4th impression.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Published: 03 Jul 1997
ISBN 10: 022404429X
ISBN 13: 9780224044295
Prizes: Shortlisted for Booker Prize for Fiction 1997 and Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1997.