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Nights Beneath the Nation

Nights Beneath the Nation

by Denis Kehoe

Published by: Serpent's Tail

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

240 Pages, 5.10 x 7.80 x 0.60 in

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9781846686795
Published: August 2010

$14.95

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One fateful, scandalous night brings the curtain down on Daniel Ryan’s life in Dublin during the 1950s. Years later, returning from an exile in New York, he is pursued by a shady young manand the ghosts of his past.

Set against the backdrop of a production of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding, Denis Kehoe’s debut is a sepia-toned tribute to love and loss.

Denis Kehoe lives in Dublin. Nights Beneath the Nation is his first novel.

Denis Kehoe was born in Dublin in 1978, where he now lives. He has studied philosophy and European literature and works as a critic, researcher and literacy tutor. Nights Beneath the Nation is his first novel.

'Affecting and redeeming, this old-fashioned story of tormented love and longing takes some surprisingly brutal turns'-Publishers Weekly

'Kehoe writes this engaging tale of long-buried secrets with poetic flair' -Gay Times

'Nights Beneath the Nation is a fascinating protrait of a young and old gay male struggling to accept his sexual preference' -Midwest Book Review

'Kehoe writes like a dream' -Independent on Sunday

'A promising new literary talent' -Stage

'Remarkable, sharply observed and engaging' -Sunday Independent

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