The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

The Law of Dreams

The Law of Dreams

by PeterBehrens (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2007

    $3.31

  • Used

    Paperback 2007

    $15.71
Synopsis

It is 1846, the height of the Great Hunger, and young Fergus is forced to grow up fast. Following the destruction of his home, he loses not only his family but everything he has ever loved. So begins an epic journey from innocence to experience that takes him from the west coast of Ireland to the docks and bordellos of Liverpool, and across the Atlantic. Along his journey he will meet bandit chiefs and railway navvies, 'pearl boys' and daring girls, and the willful Molly, who will teach him the ways of the world.

$3.31

Save:$15.84 (83%)

Quantity

2 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 480
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 03 May 2007
ISBN 10: 1841959359
ISBN 13: 9781841959351

Media Reviews
A top-notch historical novel: dramatic, wincingly violent, tender and extremely well-written. * * Guardian * *
This is a novel about hunger, literal and spiritual: Behrens's prose is so evocative, you can almost taste it. * * Literary Review * *
A fabulous book makes history real enough to smell and so powerful in its emotional impact that I had to remind myself to breathe. This is the past, but made almost frighteningly present. * * Kate Grenville * *
Author Bio
The Law of Dreams, Peter Behrens's first novel, won the 2006 Governor General's Literary Award, Canada's oldest and most prestigious book prize. Behrens was a Fellow of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts and held a Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. He is the author of a collection of stories, Night Driving. Behrens was born in Montreal and lives on the coast of Maine with his wife and son.