|
Bodhran Makers: A Novel of Ireland
Hardback
Main Details
| Title |
Bodhran Makers: A Novel of Ireland
|
| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Perseus
|
| Physical Properties |
|
| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
|---|
| ISBN/Barcode |
9780941423809
|
| Classifications | Dewey:FIC |
|---|
| Audience | |
|---|
|
Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Avalon Publishing Group
|
| Imprint |
Avalon Publishing Group
|
| Publication Date |
1 November 1992 |
| Publication Country |
United States
|
Description
A novel of rural Ireland: "Furious, raging, passionate and...very, very funny." -- Boston Globe "At once a rueful elegy to a vanished spirit and a comic celebration. For those who wear the green, this book will provide a bounty of tears and laughs." -- Publishers Weekly
Author Biography
John B. Keane (1928-2002) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and essayist. The award-winning The Bodhran Makers was first published in 1986 in Ireland, where it became an immediate success. In America, Keane is best known through the film version of his play The Field, which was released in 1991 and starred John Hurt and Richard Harris.
|
