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The Gathering

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968.

The Gathering is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.

© Anne Enright 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

She beautifully describes the way hurt can be inherited... Enright is a daring writer - witty, original and inventive... Utterly compelling
Daily Mail
It is clearly the product of a remarkable intelligence, combined with a gift for observation and deduction
Guardian
A welcome return, for this writer, to novel form, and as a fresh, sophisticated take on the ever-popular dysfunctional family saga
Irish Times
Anne Enright has all she needs in terms of imagination and technique and she's a tremendous phrase maker
Observer
Enright ambushes as memory does, drawing you into an event and then questioning its reality
Sunday Telegraph
At a time when everyone is mirroring everyone else, Enright's style of writing remains singular and instantly identifiable
Irish Independent
Author Anne Enright
Narrator Anne Enright
Duration 8 hours and 7 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473589926
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Collections Irish Authors
Availability AU, GB, IE

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