New York: Turtle Point Press / Helen Mark Books, 1999. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (25.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Novel shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize. From the Dust Jacket: "In a London pub in the 1950s, editor William Maginn is intrigued by a mention of the strange - and reputedly shameful - demise of a remote mountain village in Kerry, Ireland, where he was born. Maginn returns to Kerry and uncovers an astonishing tale: both the account of the destruction of a place and a way of life which once preserved Ireland's ancient traditions and the tragedy of an increasingly isolated village where the women mysteriously die -- leaving the priest, Father McGreevy, to cope with insoluble problems. As war rages through Europe, McGreevy struggles to preserve what remains of his parish, against the rough mountain elements and the grief and superstitions of his people, and the growing distrust in the town below." Blurb from Frank Conroy: "A beautiful, dark and achingly sad tale that kept me spellbound -- the death of a tiny village in the mountains of County Kerry, 1939." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 407pp.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 012958
Title: The Deposition of Father McGreevy
Author: O'Doherty, Brian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Printing of the First Edition
ISBN 10: 1885983395
ISBN 13: 9781885983398
Publisher: Turtle Point Press / Helen Mark Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
Size: 8vo. 407pp

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