An Evening of Long Goodbyes - Hardcover

Murray, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400061164 ISBN 13: 9781400061167

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Charles Hythloday's ambition to live the life of a country gentleman is thwarted by his sister's ne'er-to-well boyfriend and a lack of actual wealth, a situation for which Charles sets out to find himself a job and turns the mean streets of Dublin upside-down. 18,500 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Paul Murray manages to fit a brilliant social novel in the small spaces of a farce, without ever losing his lightness of touch or his sense of humor. The result is something absolutely unique. Murray starts with Wodehouse (and does him proud), but ends somewhere entirely his own-somewhere very, very funny and surprisingly touching. I really love this book."
-Arthur Phillips, bestselling author of Prague

"A lyrical, satirical tour de force, a huge, hilarious elegy. A surreal and very funny festival of truths, fictions, luck, and love. How can this be a first novel? A triumph."
-Ali Smith, Booker Prize finalist and author of Hotel World

"One of the most entertaining and laugh-out-loud Irish yarns of recent years."
-Irish Independent

"The plot scuttles along with Wodehouse-like delirium. . . . Murray's clearly having fun, but beneath the bouncy tone he manages to weave real depth into the characters' relationships."
-Time Out (London)

"A hilarious, rich and satisfying novel."
-The Times Literary Supplement

"[A] comedy of the highest caliber."
-The Sunday Tribune (Ireland)

About the Author:

PAUL MURRAY was born in 1975. He studied English literature it Trinity College, Dublin, and took a master’s degree in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. A former bookseller, Murray lives in Dublin. An Evening of Long Goodbyes, his first novel, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, and earned Murray a nomination for the Kerry Irish Fiction Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1400061164
• ISBN 13: 9781400061167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424