Temptation of Eileen Hughes - Hardcover

Moore, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771064195 ISBN 13: 9780771064197

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1981

Synopsis

Portrays the relationship between a quiet, young Ulster shop assistant and her wealthy employers Bernard and Mona McAuley, tracing the passion and suspense that surrounds them when the McAuleys take Eileen on a trip to London. Brian Moore is the author of "Cold Heaven".

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Review:

This is the most amazing book . . . [Moore's] characters are piercingly real, his scenes supercharged with emotional intensity, lurking evil, and threatened innocence. "Chicago Sun-Times on Brian Moore"

[Moore] is my favorite living novelist. Each new book of his is unpredictable, dangerous, and amusing. He treats the novel as a tamer treats a wild beast. "Graham Greene on Brian Moore"

Of all our present novelists he is for me the one whose books most immediately evoke and touch my private feelings and fears. "Christopher Ricks, New Statesman on Brian Moore""

"This is the most amazing book . . . [Moore's] characters are piercingly real, his scenes supercharged with emotional intensity, lurking evil, and threatened innocence." --Chicago Sun-Times on Brian Moore

"[Moore] is my favorite living novelist. Each new book of his is unpredictable, dangerous, and amusing. He treats the novel as a tamer treats a wild beast." --Graham Greene on Brian Moore

"Of all our present novelists he is for me the one whose books most immediately evoke and touch my private feelings and fears." --Christopher Ricks, New Statesman on Brian Moore

From the Back Cover:

Eileen Hughes is young, hauntingly beautiful and very naïve. Befriended by her wealthy employers, Bernard and Mona McAuley, she leaves Ulster for the first time in her life to spend a holiday with them in London. But all is not well with the McAuleys, and, in her bewildering innocence, Eileen fails to see the perilous vulnerability of her position until it is almost too late...

A psychological masterpiece filled with passion and suspense, 'The Temptation of Eileen Hughes' is a stunning exploration of obsession and morality.

'No other Life, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Black Robe' and many other novels by Brian Moore are available in Flamingo.

'Brian Moore is surely one of the most versatile and compelling novelists writing today.'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

'I cannot think of another living male novelist who writes about women with such sympathy and understanding.'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'The book is on fire, and goes on burning in one's memory.'
NEW YORK TIMES

'Moore is a brilliant storyteller, a novelist of great subtlety and depth.'
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About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0771064195
• ISBN 13: 9780771064197
• Binding: Hardcover