Answer from Limbo - Softcover

Moore, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0233979352 ISBN 13: 9780233979359

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1986

Synopsis

When Brendan brings his mother over from Ireland to live with him in New York, his wife Jane redecorates the guest room in a Japanese style. Even Brendan feels that it is an incongruous setting for old Mrs Tierney but Jane sees it the other way around: Mrs Tierney is incongruous in the room.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Planning to devote time to writing his first novel, Brendan Tierney gives up his job, starts to live off his wife's earnings, and brings his aged mother to the USA from Ireland to act as their unpaid nanny. An ideal situation, it would seem; for self-centred and egotistical Brendan fails to see the tension building between his devout mother and her atheist daughter-in-law. In the sultry heat of the New York summer, tempers rise, and the family finds itself in the middle of a bitter feud which will have tragic consequences...

“Moore is one of the boldest and most inventive contemporary novelists.”
LITERARY REVIEW

'Moore writes simply and economically, but with a true generosity of vision.'
OBSERVER

“Compelling, fresh and intense...Moore's acute understanding of our basest instincts in the face of loneliness, lust and betrayal confirms his place as one of the finest living novelists.”
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

About the Author

Brian Moore, whom Graham Greene called his ‘favourite living novelist’, was born in Belfast in 1921. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, where he became a journalist and adopted Canadian citizenship. He spent some time in New York before settling in California.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0233979352
• ISBN 13: 9780233979359
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320