Shade-FIRST PRINTING

Neil Jordan

ISBN 10: 0719561868 / ISBN 13: 9780719561863

Published by John Murray/Hodder Headline Ireland, London, 2004

Fine first edition, first printing of the author's well-received 5th book. The book is without obvious fault but the dust wrapper has some light shelf wear to the top edge. As an enthusiastic collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 006574

Synopsis:

Book by Jordan, Neil

Review: We know from the earliest pages of Neil Jordan's numinous, slow-building fourth novel, Shade that its narrator, 50-old Nina Hardy, has been murdered with a pair of gardening shears by her childhood friend George Truite. The mystery is not who has committed this crime, but why. And although George has been for some years a resident of the local insane asylum, only recently allowed to experiment again with independent living, his madness is but a small part of the answer to that question. Set in Ireland near Drogheda, at the mouth of the river Boyne, Shade casts a wistful eye on childhood desires and alliances, and its lonely-girl-in-a-big-house beginnings will call to mind William Trevor's The Story of Lucy Gault. But like Jordan's greatest success, the film The Crying Game, this novel is full of surprises--and the biggest shocks are not always the most telling. --Jill Harvey

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shade-FIRST PRINTING
Publisher: John Murray/Hodder Headline Ireland, London
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition