The Fall of Light

Niall Williams

ISBN 10: 0330487000 / ISBN 13: 9780330487009

Published by Pan, 2002

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Outline:- Francis Foley is a proud stubborn man and cannot stand to be beholden to anyone. Quick to anger and slow to forgiveness it is his temper that one day costs his sons their home -- and their mother. This will not be the last of their losses however: as the four boys and their father embark on an odyssey to find untenanted land they can call their own their already diminished family is divided still further. But if a combination of choice and chance cause the five to separate and scatter each to their own road then a series of casual encounters and coincidences offer some hope for reunion and -- in Francis`s case -- redemption. Set in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century The Fall of Light traces the footsteps of the five Foley men. With elegant elegiac prose Niall Williams guides his characters -- and his readers -- through hazard and hardship friendship love and death through to Europe America and Africa . . . and home again.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Pan The date of this copy is 2002 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fall of Light
• Publisher: Pan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330487000
• ISBN 13: 9780330487009
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Standard.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Novel

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Synopsis

Francis Foley is a proud, stubborn man, and cannot stand to be beholden to anyone. Quick to anger and slow to forgiveness, it is his temper that, one day, costs his sons their home - and their mother. This will not be the last of their losses however: as the four boys and their father embark on an odyssey to find untenanted land they can call their own, their already diminished family is divided still further. But if a combination of choice and chance cause the five to separate and scatter, each to their own road, then a series of casual encounters and coincidences offer some hope for reunion and - in Francis's case - redemption. Set in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, "The Fall of Light" traces the footsteps of the five Foley men. With elegant, elegiac prose, Niall Williams guides his characters - and his readers - through hazard and hardship, friendship, love and death, through to Europe, America and Africa ...and home again.

About the Author

Niall Williams was born in 1958 and lives in Kiltumper, Ireland, with his wife Christine and their two children. He is the author of several novels, including Four Letters of Love, which was sold in over twenty countries and is an international bestseller.