The Rising Tide
Molly Keane author Polly Devlin editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:1st Jun '06
£9.99
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A riotous, enthralling portrait of leisured life at the family home of Garonlea in the early years of the century
A riotous, enthralling portrait of leisured life at the family home of Garonlea in the early years of the twentieth century.
BY THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
INTRODUCED BY POLLY DEVLIN
'Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit' IRISH TIMES
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN
'A writer of genius' WALL STREET JOURNAL
One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .
Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish - and engaged to her son Desmond.
When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next.
She was . . . marvellous * Guardian *
Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection . . .its human relationships tortured like bonsai by good form, its open-hearted, sensual passion for horses, dogs and landscape * Evening Standard *
Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit * Irish Times *
She is akin to Jane Austen in her feeling for the minute of human behaviour -- Polly Devlin
I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved -- Diana Athill
The characterisation of women is first class -- Sebastian Faulks
A writer of genius * Wall Street Journal *
Molly Keane ... is robust about sinful human nature and the intrigues of the heart... * V.S. Pritchett *
Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit * IRISH TIMES *
The characterisation of women is first class * Sebastian Faulks *
ISBN: 9781844083268
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 24mm
Weight: 268g
336 pages