The Effect of Her - Softcover

Gerard Stembridge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908699329 ISBN 13: 9781908699329

Publisher: Old Street Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

''You couldn't write it,' people say of Irish public life over the past fifty years, but here is Gerard Stembridge to prove them wrong. In The Effect of Her, with flair and great daring, he has written a fictional chronicle of the 1970s that is extraordinarily vivid, knowing, and satisfyingly irreverent. The portrait of 'CJ' alone is worth the purchase price.'
John Banville

Mags Perry, a journalist, flees her marriage in England to create a new life in what she hopes is a different Ireland.

Francis Strong, a teenager obsessed with literature, leaves his family for the dizzying freedoms of the capital.

CJ, a disgraced politician in search of a way back to power, meets a woman who may change the direction of his life.

In his breathtaking new novel, Gerard Stembridge weaves together a cast of unforgettable voices to tell the story of a whole society in flux. As his characters struggle towards happiness and freedom, he asks where true change comes from: the individual or her political masters.

About this title

About the Author

Gerard Stembridge is the author of three previous novels: Unspoken, Counting Down and According to Luke. He has also written and directed film and television. Credits include About Adam with Kate Hudson, the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal (starring Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Linda Fiorentino); and he co-wrote Nora (a film about James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, starring Ewan McGregor and Susan Lynch). He is the co-creator, with Dermot Morgan, of Scrap Saturday.

Edition details

• Publisher: Old Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908699329
• ISBN 13: 9781908699329
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448