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Fergus Maguire, struggling to find meaning in the chaos of modern London, seems trapped in a dull job and a series of dead-end possibilities until his father's death spurs changes, and a girl named Jennifer walks into his life
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In this bleak but beautifully nuanced tale of postadolescent alienation, Fergus Maguire shuffles aimlessly through night clubs and country houses with a funky pack of young Londoners on the fringes of the art world. He sniffs heroin because it's around, slips into various beds not out of urgency but because he's expected to and, unwilled, becomes involved in the tribulations of the Indian family in the flat below. Fear for their safety mounts in him, rising alongside his guilt over the death of his father. Back in Ireland for a weekend, Fergus had gone swimming with his father in order to explain his reasons for not finishing university. But the old man had responded with scorn, run headlong into the water and nearly drowned. The shock, compounded by bitter disappointment in his son, had stopped his heart. To expiate his father's death and to demonstrate a new sense of responsibility, Fergus decides he has a duty to protect Indian immigrants in England against racist attacks. But his long habit of disengagement gets in the way of his outrage and again the result is tragedy. This brief, eloquent novel, by the author of The Eleventh Summer, paints Fergus as a casualty of circumstances he feels powerless to control, acted upon by, but not acting in, the insouciant social set that has casually included him and will as casually let him go.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0140104747
- ISBN 13 9780140104745
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages1
- IllustratorKenny McKendry
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Kenny McKendry; (illustrator). First Printing - First Thus. 151 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Kenny McKendry. When his father dies, he sells his car and moves from Dublin to London. He finds a job, he finds a flat, he finds a girlfriend. So far, so good. A moment's indiscretion brings him to the attention of the cops. There is also a madman pursuing him at work and mysterious men in a car outside his flat. And then there is Mr Singh and his family in the flat below his, and they are receiving some unwanted attentions of their own. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 222882
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Kenny McKendry (illustrator). Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 151 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. Literary fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 364166
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Kenny McKendry (illustrator). Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Classic Penguin/Allen Lane design. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 151 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; English fiction. English fiction; 20th century. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature. Literary fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 364166
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