At Swim, Two Boys
$20.69
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2002
Summary
The Irish contemporary classic in a beautiful new edition
‘Weren’t you never out for an easy dip?’ he asked … ‘I don’t mean the baths, I mean with a pal. For a lark like.’
Out at the Forty Foot, that great jut of Dublin rock where gentlemen bathe in the scandalous nude, two boys meet day after day. There they make a pact: that Doyler will teach Jim to swim, and in a year, they will swim the bay to the distant beacon of the Mug…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743207140 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0743207149 |
| Author: | Jamie O'Neill |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2002 |
| Weight: | 466g |
| Dimensions: | 47mm x 205mm x 131mm |
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’ At Swim, Two Boys gets nearer to the truth of our lives than most established writers dream of’
‘At Swim, Two Boys gets nearer to the truth of our lives than most established writers dream of’ * Independent *‘Jamie O’Neill’s masterpiece holds a special place in my heart for its bravery, its originality, its memorable characters and the dexterity of its language’ – John Boyne‘The music of Jamie O’Neill’s prose creates a new Irish symphony’ – Peter Ackroyd‘O’Neill has stepped boldly and knowingly into the company of the Irish high modernists … At Swim, Two Boys is both footnote and foot forward, flexing its muscles within the Irish canon and breaking new emotional ground’ * Guardian *‘A vivid picture of human freedom; of moving from fear of the world to acceptance of its fluid variety, while illuminating the nature of the imagination that makes it possible to do so’ * Sunday Times *
About The Author
Jamie O'Neill
Jamie O’Neill was brought up in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. He spent ten years working as a night porter whilst writing At Swim, Two Boys.
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