An Evening of Long Goodbyes
By Paul Murray
By Paul Murray
By Paul Murray
By Paul Murray
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
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$20.00
Sep 13, 2005 | ISBN 9780812970401
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Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307430649
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Praise
"Paul Murray manages to fit a brilliant social novel in the small spaces of a farce, without ever losing his lightness of touch or his sense of humor. The result is something absolutely unique. Murray starts with Wodehouse (and does him proud), but ends somewhere entirely his own–somewhere very, very funny and surprisingly touching. I really love this book."
–Arthur Phillips, bestselling author of Prague
“A lyrical, satirical tour de force, a huge, hilarious elegy. A surreal and very funny festival of truths, fictions, luck, and love. How can this be a first novel? A triumph.”
–Ali Smith, Booker Prize finalist and author of Hotel World
“One of the most entertaining and laugh-out-loud Irish yarns of recent years.”
–Irish Independent
“The plot scuttles along with Wodehouse-like delirium. . . . Murray’s clearly having fun, but beneath the bouncy tone he manages to weave real depth into the characters’ relationships.”
–Time Out (London)
“A hilarious, rich and satisfying novel.”
–The Times Literary Supplement
“[A] comedy of the highest caliber.”
–The Sunday Tribune (Ireland)
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