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Tanglewood

Dermot Bolger

Phone the cops or phone Alice. But just don't expect life to ever be the same after you make that call...' When two neighbouring Dublin couples decide to cooperate in building a townhouse that straddles both of their gardens, they have no idea that the journey they embark on will expose the faultlines within their relationships and result in a panicked decision one night when the two husbands, Chris and Ronan, are confronted by a moral dilemma. The consequences of their actions cast these law-abiding men adrift into unknown territory, propelled into a new moral landscape where it seems impossible to turn back. Written by a master story-teller, Tanglewood grows into an incisive dissection of Ireland in 2007, when - although these characters are unaware of it - the Celtic Tiger edifice is quietly imploding. It is bitter-sweet examination of the simmering tensions, intolerable strains and unbreakable bonds of memory and love that can simultaneously exist within marriage.

Book Details

  • Publisher: New Island Books
  • Publish Date: Jul 12nd, 2015
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.20in - 6.15in - 0.85in - 0.00lb
  • EAN: 9781848404304
  • Categories: Literary

About the Author

Bolger, Dermot: - Born in Finglas, North Dublin, in 1959, DERMOT BOLGER is one of Ireland's best-known writers across a range of genres. His fourteen novels include The Journey Home, A Second Life, and The Lonely Sea and Sky. His most recent play, Last Orders At The Dockside, had a hugely successful sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre in 2019. His last new collection of poetry was The Venice Suite (2012), a book which resonated widely for its exploration of loss.

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