- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Faber And Faber Ltd. (April 18 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0571176933
- ISBN-13: 978-0571176939
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.2 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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These stories are set mainly in Dublin pubs or front rooms, and depend for their effect on observation of character, event, situation and psychological moment. The author wrote the novels "Surrogate City", "The Last Shot" and "The Love Test", and won the 1992 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
For fans of his other works, worth seeking out,
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This review is from: Dublin Where The Palm Trees Grow (Paperback)
Unfortunately scarce, this collection of short stories by Hamilton sits nicely along his Coyne thrillers, his German-based three novels, and his "Speckled People" memoir. It includes the first Hamilton fiction I read, "Nazi Christmas," which in my opinion tries too hard to imitate Joyce's Dubliner mood, and the action of which is recycled to better effect in his memoir. If you've liked H's other books, however, the simplicity of these stories, with Irish and German locales, will widen your appreciation of his themes of exile, alienation, and longing. He's a deceptively simple storyteller, and crafts his work well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
For fans of his other works, worth seeking out,
By John L Murphy "Fionnchú" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dublin Where The Palm Trees Grow (Paperback)
Unfortunately scarce, this collection of short stories by Hamilton sits nicely along his Coyne thrillers, his German-based three novels, and his "Speckled People" memoir. It includes the first Hamilton fiction I read, "Nazi Christmas," which in my opinion tries too hard to imitate Joyce's Dubliner mood, and the action of which is recycled to better effect in his memoir. If you've liked H's other books, however, the simplicity of these stories, with Irish and German locales, will widen your appreciation of his themes of exile, alienation, and longing. He's a deceptively simple storyteller, and crafts his work well.
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