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Torn Water (Paperback)
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Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a
lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss.
'He remembers when he was very young standing by water...How he had
got there or where the pond was he couldn't remember, but he can
vaguely recall a larger hand on his and being led through the high
rooms of a large building, to a large garden, where bees wove dozy
patterns in the air. At the bottom of this garden lay the large
pond, and he remembers a face bending to meet his and whispering
that he would be back in a little while. So he stood where he had
been left, his small feet pointing at the stonework of the pond's
rim. He remembers a wind brewing in the tops of the trees and
tearing at the water of the pond for a moment, before subsiding,
his face blurring into focus like a TV channel being tuned.' When
James Lavery's father is blown to bits by a bomb he intended to
maim and kill others with, the boy keeps him alive in his
imagination as a superhero, escaping the daily grind of school, his
mother's drinking and his own acute loneliness by inventing
extraordinary adventures for them both. But, gradually, through the
agonies of adolescence James begins to understand the real cost of
his father's weak and deluded heroism. It is only when he falls in
love himself, during a summer away from his tortured home life,
that James finally begins to understand the true complexities of
love, life and death...
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Imprint: |
HarperPerennial
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2007 |
Authors: |
John Lynch
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-720269-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-00-720269-5 |
Barcode: |
9780007202690 |
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