The Temptation of Eileen Hughes: A Novel (FSG Classics) - Softcover

Moore, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374532060 ISBN 13: 9780374532062

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009

Synopsis

Eileen Hughes, twenty years old and never before out of Northern Ireland, has arrived in London for a week's holiday with Bernard and Mona McAuley, who are not only her employers but also, she believes, her friends. In Brian Moore's masterful handling, this seemingly simple story darkens and expands, exploring the nature of obsession―both spiritual and erotic―with an elegance, anarchic playfulness, and imagination that recall Henry Green or Muriel Spark.

About this title

From the Publisher:

'Brian Moore is surely one of the most versatile and compelling novelists writing today.' - Daily Telegraph

'I cannot think of another living male novelist who writes about women with such sympathy and understanding.' - Times Literary Supplement

'The book is on fire, and goes on burning in one's memory.' - New York Times

'Moore is a brilliant storyteller, a novelist of great subtlety and depth.' - Independent on Sunday

About the Author:

Brian Moore (1921–99) was the author of nineteen novels. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and died in Malibu, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0374532060
• ISBN 13: 9780374532062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224