Publication

1989-03-30 - Aidan Ellis Publishing

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads1368636

Classifications

  • DDC823.914

Description

A native son returns to Ireland from America to open a meat-processing plant, raising hopes of prosperity for all. But an economic slump, accompanied by renewed sectarian fighting causes the plant to close. A signal for more native sons to leave for America. By the author of Butcher Boy.

First Sentence

The night the railway closed.

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