On a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. To Michael Lamb, one of the Brothers, the regime is without hope, and when he inherits a small legacy he runs away, taking a 12-year-old boy with him.
On a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. T...
A haunting love story set against the grim backdrop of fear and violence in Northern Ireland. For Cal, some of the choices are devastatingly simple... He can work in an abattoir that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, Cal is a haunting love story in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark.
A haunting love story set against the grim backdrop of fear and violence in Northern Ireland. For Cal, some of the choices are devastating...
A young composer returns to Belfast for her father's funeral. Memories of the claustrophobic enclave and her fastidious, nagging mother, remind her of why she left in the first place. The healing effect of music figures prominently in this novel.
A young composer returns to Belfast for her father's funeral. Memories of the claustrophobic enclave and her fastidious, nagging mother, remind her of...
For the first time all of Bernard MacLaverty s unforgettable short stories are gathered together, with a new introduction by the author
Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life s big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories with their wry, self-deprecating humor, their elegance, and subtle wisdom gets to the very heart of life. Since the...
For the first time all of Bernard MacLaverty s unforgettable short stories are gathered together, with a new introduction by the author
`Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms - to an honest reckoning - with love and the loss of love, with memory and pain.
`Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms - to an honest reckoning - with love and the loss ...
