I Am Mary Dunne - Softcover

Brian Moore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099102218 ISBN 13: 9780099102212

Publisher: London: Vintage, 1992

Synopsis

Having assumed a different personality for each of her three husbands, a woman suffers the pain of an identity crisis which begins the morning she forgets her name

About this title

From the Publisher

'An extraordinary piece of feminine characterisation.' - Sunday Times

'I can think of no other living male novelist who writes about women with such sympathy and understanding.' - Times Literary Supplement

'As complex and satisfying as anything Moore has yet done.' - Observer

'One of the truest and most awesome books read.' - Scotsman

About the Author

Brian Moore was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1921. He served with the Ministry of War in North Africa, Italy, and France during the Second World War. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 and worked as a newspaper reporter for the Montreal Gazette from 1948 until 1952.

While living in Canada, Moore wrote his first three novels, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, The Feast of Lupercal, and The Luck of Ginger Coffey, the first two set in Belfast, the third in Montreal. In 1959 he moved to the United States, but Canada continued to play a role in his later novels, including I Am Mary Dunne, The Great Victorian Collection, and Black Robe. His many honours included two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction.

Brian Moore died in Malibu, California, in 1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: London: Vintage
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0099102218
• ISBN 13: 9780099102212
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 231