Durango - Softcover

John B Keane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856350010 ISBN 13: 9781856350013

Publisher: Mercier Press, 1987

Synopsis

Durango is an adventure story set in rural Ireland during the Second World War and featuring the great October cattle drive of Tubberlick. In the market village of Tubberlick, the main concern is the price of cattle. Haybegs Mullanney's other great concern is the apple of his eye, his youngest daughter, Annie. Young Mark Doran, a farmer like the Mullanneys, has taken a fancy to Annie. Love, cattle and money jostle for the farmers' attention. Durango has all the ingredients of a John B. Keane bestseller: love, sex, betrayal, a varied cast of rambustious characters - all steeped in the traditions of Ireland's 'Wild West'.

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About the Author

John B. Keane, one of Ireland's most prolific and respected literary figures, died on 30 May 2002 at the age of 73, after a long and difficult battle with cancer. John B. Keane was born in 1928 in Listowel, County Kerry and it was here that he spent his literary career, running a pub which provided him with inspiration for his characters and ideas.His first play, Sive, was presented by the Listowel Drama Group and won the All-Ireland Drama Festival in 1959. It was followed by another success, Sharon's Grave, in 1960. The Field (1965) and Big Maggie (1969), are widely regarded as classics of the modern Irish stage and jewels in a crown which includes such popular hits as Many Young Men of Twenty, The Man from Clare, Moll, The Chastitute and The Year of the Hiker. His large canon of plays have been seen abroad in cities as far afield as Moscow and Los Angeles. Big Maggie ran on Broadway for over two months in 1982 and The Field was adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film, starring Brenda Fricker and Richard Harris, in 1991.But it was not just in his plays that John B. Keane managed to portray all aspects of humanity with both wit and truth. He also wrote many fine novels, including The Contractors, A High Meadow and Durango. Durango was adapted for the big screen, starring Brenda Fricker and Patrick Bergin. A writer of essays, short stories and letters, his humorous words live on in Celebrated Letters of John B. Keane, More Celebrated Letters, The Best of John B. Keane and The Short Stories of John B. Keane. In 1987 John B. Keane received a special award for his enduring place in Irish life and letters from the Sunday Independent/Irish Life. In that year he also won a Sunday Tribune Arts Award and in 1988 he was chosen as the recipient of the Irish-American Fund Award for Literature. In 1999 he was presented with a Gradam medal, the Abbey Theatre's highest award.He was a member of Aosdana and the recipient of honorary doctorates from Trinity College, Dublin, Limerick University and Marymount College, New York. John B. Keane remains one of Mercier's best-loved and best-selling authors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856350010
• ISBN 13: 9781856350013
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336