Navigation

The Temporary Gentleman

Availability: Out of Stock
ISBN: 9780571276998
AuthorBarry, Sebastian
Pub Date05/02/2015
BindingPaperback
Pages336
CountryGBR
Dewey823.92
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Quick overview A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that couldn't last. The Temporary Gentleman is a powerful account of one man's attempt to come to terms with the savage realities of the past.
€11.54

From the bestselling author of The Secret Scripture, a heartbreaking story of lost love.

Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things but, as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years, his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan. A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that couldn't last.

The Temporary Gentleman is a powerful account of one man's attempt to come to terms with the savage realities of the past.

*
*
*
Product description

From the bestselling author of The Secret Scripture, a heartbreaking story of lost love.

Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things but, as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years, his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan. A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that couldn't last.

The Temporary Gentleman is a powerful account of one man's attempt to come to terms with the savage realities of the past.

Customers who bought this item also bought

Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Moore, Brian
9780007255610
A timeless classic dealing with the complexity and hardships of relationships, addiction and faith.
€10.16

Lies of Silence

Moore, Brian
9780099998105
When Michael Dillon is ordered by the IRA to park his car in the carpark of a Belfast hotel, he is faced with a moral choice which leaves him absolutely nowhere to turn. He knows that he is planting a bomb that would kill and maim dozens of people. But he also knows that if he doesn't, his wife will be killed.
€11.71

Brooklyn

Toibin, Colm
9780141041742
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.
€11.69