Grace Notes
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:30th Apr '98
£9.99
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Returning to Belfast after a long absense, to attend her father`s funeral. Catherine McKenna-a young composer-remembers exactly why she left: the claustrophobic intimacies of the Catholic enclave, her fastidious, nagging mother, and the pervading tensions of a city at war with itself. She remembers a more innocent time, when the Loyalists Lambeg drums sounded mysterious and exciting; she remembers her shattered relationship with the drunken, violent Dave, she remembers the child she had with him, waiting back in Glasgow. This is a novel, about coming to terms with the past and the healing power of music, GRACE NOTES is a master story-teller`s triumphant return to the long form: a powerful lyrical novel of great distinction.
- Short-listed for Booker Prize for Fiction 1997
- Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1997
ISBN: 9780099778011
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Weight: 202g
288 pages