Synopsis

When a young man arrives from Australia to claim his inheritance, he changes a small Irish town for ever.

Joseph Brennan sees Michael Bugler, the returned exile, as a threat. And for Breege, Joseph's younger sister, Bugler is an irresistible stranger to whose charms she must not succumb to for fear of betraying her brother.

A classic drama ensues, involving the full range of bonds and betrayals and leavened by the human comedy of which Edna O'Brien rarely loses sight.

A love-hate story on many levels, Wild Decembers explores the depth and darkness at the root of all ownership.

With a rich and comic cast of characters, this primal story is a complex and daring work, fixed in a time and place, yet imbued with the permanence of myth.

Details

• Format : Smaller Slim 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket.
• Condition : Good (Slight tanning towards page edges only).
• Category : Fiction - Families & Sagas
• Published : 1999 (BCA Edition)
• ISBN : CN5995 / 9780297645764
• SKU : B001751
• PPC : LL290gm
• Quantity Available : 1 only.

External Reviews

"Infused with a mood akin to Wuthering Heights and indeed the spirit of Emily Bronte" - Irish Times.

The Author

Josephine Edna O'Brien DBE is an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Philip Roth described her as "the most gifted woman now writing in English", while a former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, cited her as "one of the great creative writers of her generation".

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