The Promise of Light - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679422382 ISBN 13: 9780679422389

Synopsis

The year is 1921. Ben Sheridan, a young American, sets out for Ireland to track down his true family, and walks straight into the savagery of the Black-and-Tan war. The Promise of Light is an unforgettable novel of action, a remarkable study of youth, and a work of immense literary distinction by one of Britain's finest young writers.

'His prose is terse and direct, reminiscent of Hemingway, and like the great master he explores the clash of the masculine virtues of courage, loyalty and endurance with treachery and fear.' Daily Telegraph

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Review:

"Superbly crafted...Myth and archetype are all over the place in "The Promise of Light," as real as the craving for independence or the hills of Connemara." --"The Boston Globe"
"Watkins is a territic writer...His books are lucid, intelligent and shamelessly entertaining, written in lean, evocative prose and displaying an uncommon delight in storytelling." --"Washington Post Book World"
"A full-fashioned romantic...Watkins is aware of every burning cottage, every hedgerow ambush, every body thrown on the road - of the powerful emotional magic of that distance scene." --"The New Yorker"
"Plaintive, beautifully realized." --"The Chicago Tribune"
""The Promise of Light" is that rare find, an action-packed book written in prose as sharp as the crack of rifle fire, as evocative as the smell of burning peat." --"The Providence Journal"""

Superbly crafted...Myth and archetype are all over the place in "The Promise of Light," as real as the craving for independence or the hills of Connemara. "The Boston Globe"

Watkins is a territic writer...His books are lucid, intelligent and shamelessly entertaining, written in lean, evocative prose and displaying an uncommon delight in storytelling. "Washington Post Book World"

A full-fashioned romantic...Watkins is aware of every burning cottage, every hedgerow ambush, every body thrown on the road - of the powerful emotional magic of that distance scene. "The New Yorker"

Plaintive, beautifully realized. "The Chicago Tribune"

"The Promise of Light" is that rare find, an action-packed book written in prose as sharp as the crack of rifle fire, as evocative as the smell of burning peat. "The Providence Journal""

"Superbly crafted...Myth and archetype are all over the place in The Promise of Light, as real as the craving for independence or the hills of Connemara." --The Boston Globe

"Watkins is a territic writer...His books are lucid, intelligent and shamelessly entertaining, written in lean, evocative prose and displaying an uncommon delight in storytelling." --Washington Post Book World

"A full-fashioned romantic...Watkins is aware of every burning cottage, every hedgerow ambush, every body thrown on the road - of the powerful emotional magic of that distance scene." --The New Yorker

"Plaintive, beautifully realized." --The Chicago Tribune

"The Promise of Light is that rare find, an action-packed book written in prose as sharp as the crack of rifle fire, as evocative as the smell of burning peat." --The Providence Journal

About the Author:

Paul Watkins was born in 1964. He is the son of Welsh parents and was educated at the Dragon School, at Eton and at Yale. His novels include Night Over Day Over Night, Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn, In the Blue Light of African Dreams, The Promise of Night, Archangel, The Story of My Disappearance and The Forger. He has also written about his experiences at public school, in Stand Before Your God. He was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1992 and 1996, and won the Winifred Holtby Prize for Best Regional Novel of the Year in 1996. He lives in the USA.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0679422382
• ISBN 13: 9780679422389
• Binding: Hardcover