The End of the Hunt

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Book Description: Dutton Adult, 1994. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ DJ. First Edition NL with 1. Dutton Adult 1994 First Edition NL with 1 New/Very Good+ DJ Slight wear and faint creasing to jacket. From Flanagan fans will delight in this big new novel celebrating Sinn Fein's fight for Irish independence in the early decades of the century. The author's two previous books, The Year of the French and Tenants of Time , traced Irish republicanism from its origins in the unsuccessful 1798 Rebellion though the failed Fenian uprisings of the second half of the 19th century. This narrative focuses on the movement's partial success during the years of guerrilla struggle that first saw the emergence of the IRA, the drama of the peace negotiations with the British and the terrible civil war that followed when the IRA split over the treaty terms. Flanagan offers a rich mix of fictional and historical characters to tell the larger story of that time (and indeed, it is the course of the Troubles themselves that provides the novel's true tensions). The four major fictional characters who carry the narrative accurately reflect Irish attitudes in those years: two are republican activists and two are sympathetic to the cause but ambivalent as to the methods used. The legendary Michael Collins figures prominently, as he did in history, and the portrait of him is riveting. Winston Churchill is tellingly rendered as well, particularly as he plans to infiltrate rebel Dublin with a special secret service unit that was ultimately destroyed by Collins's brilliant counterstroke. This substantive successor to the author's previous work re-creates a complex period of "terrible beauty" in Irish history, a period which set loose forces that still seek a final resolution. BOMC and History Book Club selections; author tour. 1994 As in The Year of the French ( LJ 5/1/79) and The Tenants of Time ( LJ 12/87), Flanagan has written a compelling historical novel about rebellion in Ireland, its causes and consequences, and what happens to people as their private lives are transformed by--indeed become--public events. Here he covers the years following 1916's Easter Rebellion (an event more important to Irish consciousness than World War I), which will culminate in the creation of an IrishState and the waging of brutal civil war. Flanagan gives us history as moments, some dull and some dangerous, in the lives of scores of people, some invented and some actual. At times we witness these moments vividly as they happen, or we may look back at them through the characters' memories as they try to understand what the moments really meant. Superlative reading on The Irish Question; few historical novels about any time or place are as rich and as rewarding as this one. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/93.-Charles Michaud, TurnerLib., Randolph, Mass. 1994. Bookseller Inventory # 272250

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Book Description: Dutton Adult, 1994. Hardcover. Book Condition: NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: NEW. shrink wrapped hardbound with dust jacket. Bookseller Inventory # 181-1-6

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Book Description: Dutton Adult, 1994. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. ***Because of size and/or weight of this book, SHIPS TO USA ONLY and MEDIA/STANDARD mail ONLY***1994 FIRST PRINTING STATED(with all numbers). Hardback w/ DJ. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear. Buy it Now!!! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again!!!!. Bookseller Inventory # 743dad090723r

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Book Description: Dutton Adult, 1994. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. ***Because of size/weight, this book ships to US only and standard mail only***1994 FIRST PRINTING STATED (with all numbers). Hardback w/ DJ. (Overstock mark bottom page edges) You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear. Buy it Now!!! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again!!!!. Bookseller Inventory # 497dad100407q

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