The Parts - Hardcover

Ridgway, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571215718 ISBN 13: 9780571215713

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2003

Synopsis

1st edition, 1st Printing. A fine copy

About this title

About the Author

Keith Ridgway was born in Dublin. The Parts is his second novel. His first novel, The Long Falling was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

From Booklist

On an isolated estate outside of Dublin, Delly Roche, a fabulously wealthy widow, longs for death and an escape from the memory of her infidelity. She is cared for by her enormously obese companion of 20 years, romance novelist Kitty Flood, and by her adopted son, Dr. George Addison-Blake, who may or may not be deranged. Meanwhile, in a seedier section of town, rent-boy Koz is being wooed by nervous, kindly producer Barry, who wants to date him but is too shy to say so and also wants him to appear on a new, hard-hitting radio show. The show's host, Joe Kavanaugh, is struggling to right himself after succumbing to a noisy, dissolute midlife crisis. These days, Joe's greatest wish is to befriend his gentle immigrant neighbors, who regard him with a certain amount of horror. In gorgeous, discursive prose, Ridgway brings the six characters together in a convoluted plot fairly brimming with paranoia; explosive, bitter humor; and heartbreak. Challenging and often exhilarating reading that offers a shimmering, multifaceted portrait of contemporary Dublin. Joanne Wilkinson
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Edition details

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571215718
• ISBN 13: 9780571215713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384