No Country for Young Men
Written by Julia O'Faolain
- Shortlisted
- The Booker Prize 1980
- Published by Viking
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Four generations of two families struggle to deal with the after-effects of the Irish Civil War in Julia O’Faolain’s gripping and engaging novel
What happens to a society when memory displaces thought? Set in contemporary Dublin, No Country for Young Men introduces an Irish-American targeted for elimination by terrorists, an unsolved 1922 murder, a moving love affair and a deranged nun. Then things get complicated. Memory and madness, history and mystery, affairs of the heart and tricks of the mind - all are covered with wit, intelligence and compassion by author Julia O’Faolain.
Julia O'Faolain
Julia O'Faolain was born in London. Her novel No Country for Young Men was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1980
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