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Petrol

Availability: Out of Stock
ISBN: 9780856464485
AuthorEvans, Martina
Pub Date12/09/2012
BindingPaperback
Pages72
CountryGBR
Dewey821.914
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Quick overview Imelda thinks she's killed her mother by wishing she was dead. Haunted, she doesn't want to wish the same fate on Justin, her twice-widowed father, owner of McConnell's bar and shop. When Imelda's two sisters, disapprove of Justin's fiance, Clodagh, Justin butters up naive Imelda and elevates her to the position of temporary favourite.
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'Petrol' is a prose poem disguised as a novella of adolescence in Co. Cork, Ireland. It is a unique work and a remarkable departure for a writer whose poetry is widely appreciated for its humour and uncompromising depiction of rural Ireland.

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'Petrol' is a prose poem disguised as a novella of adolescence in Co. Cork, Ireland. It is a unique work and a remarkable departure for a writer whose poetry is widely appreciated for its humour and uncompromising depiction of rural Ireland.