by KatyHayes (Author)
Arlene is a dried-up, but extremely successful Dublin theatrical agent, prone to drinking pints of whiskey and lying on her office floor a lot. She used to be married to Dick, 'Call me Richard', Whelan, now a big B-list personality, whom she wants to star in a play by her new discovery, up-and-coming waif Isobel Coole. But Isobel falls in love with Dick - not a meeting of minds - and the loveless Arlene is rescused from her barren existence by the man from the local deli, who has been making weird phone calls to her for months...Curtains wickedly explores the vanity, callowness but ultimately endearing fragility of human nature.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 2
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 02 Feb 1998
ISBN 10: 0753801973
ISBN 13: 9780753801970
Book Overview: Curtains was selected for the W H Smith Fresh Talent promotion To be reissued with a splendid new cover treatment 'Katy Hayes's acerbic wit cuts right through to the funny-bone in her first novel, slicing the veneer neatly off the affectations of the theatre crowd with merciless hilarity' Irish Times 'Engaging...with acidic observations of the claustrophobic world of Dublin theatre...a well-formed comic novel' Sunday Tribune.