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The Invisible Worm

The Invisible Worm

by JenniferJohnston (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $9.57
Synopsis

It starts with a funeral. The great and the good have assembled: the President has sent a representative, and dignitaries are there in force. And Laura remembers those two terrible events. But was the tragedy out at sea an accident? Was the experience in the summerhouse cause rather than effect? With wonderful delicacy and economy, Jennifer Johnston has stripped bare the lives of a family overwhelmed by more than one of the deadly sins. The Invisible Worm contains greater power and passion than most novels three times its length.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 07 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0747262594
ISBN 13: 9780747262596
Book Overview: 'One of Ireland's finest writers' Sunday Tribune

Media Reviews
An immaculate artist: understated, unshowy, a careful and economical craftswoman of language and all the loose, unwieldy stuff of emotion * Scotsman *
Jennifer Johnston is masterly at creating atmosphere and evoking period and place * Daily Express *
Cool, crafted poise and sly wit * The Times *
Roddy Doyle called Johnston the best writer in Ireland. Mesmerising, powerful fiction * Red *
Author Bio
Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any, generation. She has 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.