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Ithaca

Ithaca Paperback - 2017

by Alan McMonagle

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Macmillan. Good. 155mm / 234mm. Paperback. 2017. 320 pages. Cover worn. Ex-library<br><p>Longlisted for the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize'Alan McMonagle possesses a styl e that is all his own and I found his first novel compelling from start to finis h. Read it.' Patrick McCabe, author of The Butcher BoyIthaca, the ferociously fu .
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  • Title Ithaca
  • Author Alan McMonagle
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Air Iri OME
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Macmillan, London, England
  • Publication date 2017
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1642d
  • ISBN 9781509829859 / 1509829857
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6 x 1 in (23.50 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Families
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017380254
  • Quantity available 1
  • Bookseller catalogues Fiction

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From the publisher

Longlisted for the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize

Ithaca, the ferociously funny and unbelievably poignant debut novel from Alan McMonagle, combines a fiercely emotional story with crackling prose.

This was the summer after all the money disappeared. One minute it was here. The next it had vanished. All of it. Without trace . . . Now that all the money had vanished everyone had their eyes and ears ready for all manner of doom.

Summer 2009, and eleven-year-old Jason Lowry is preoccupied with thoughts of the Da he has never known. In the meantime, his vodka-swilling, swings-from-the-hip Ma is busy entertaining her latest boyfriend and indulging her fondness for joyriding.

Jason escapes to the Swamp: a mysteriously rising pool of fetid water on the outskirts of the town. There, he meets the girl, a being as lost as himself, and with even less regard for reality. Together, they conjure exotic adventures - from ancient Egypt to the search for Ithaca, home of Odysseus. But what begin as innocent flights of fancy soon become forays into hazardous territory; the girl is a dangerous (and very committed) partner in crime.

About the author

Alan McMonagle has written for radio, published two collections of short stories - both of which were nominated for the Frank O'Connor Award - and contributed stories to many journals in Ireland and North America. He lives in Galway. Ithaca is his first novel.

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