London: Harvill Press, 1999. Near Fine/Very Good. London: Harvill Press, 1999. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [10],341pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Signed by the author on title page.

Disturbing psychological study of a man's unravelling in County Sligo, Ireland.

Synopsis

Ollie Ewing has returned home from London to Sligo. In a daze, Ollie goes from job to job and from lodging to lodging until he settles in a run-down house with a group of art students. At night the noise comes from the street-drunks, screaming women, church bells, taxis, skinheads. Mornings he wakes up wondering what had happened, then goes to bed the next night wondering what will. Haunted by memories, Ollie hears voices interrogating him. And so unravels the story of the time he spent in London and how he has reached his present state of near madness. As he embarks on his journey to confront his experiences, we are led into the world of racketeering, sinister bosses, murder, and the hard, squalid life of foreign workers. A powerful, richly told story of an Irish working-class family, Sudden Times is original in concept and execution, tough but blessed with humor and empathy.

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Bookseller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28043
Title: Sudden Times [Signed]
Author: Dermot Healy
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1860466729
ISBN 13: 9781860466724
Publisher: Harvill Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1999

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