A POIGNANT STORY OF LOVE AND REGRET, FROM A MASTER OF CONTEMPORARY IRISH FICTION
* 'David Park is one of Ireland's great novelists.' Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments *
For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts of their past
When George Allenby is put in charge of building a lake in the grounds of an imposing Irish manor house, he intends to do the job as swiftly as possible and return to Belfast. Allenby is still wrestling with his time as an officer during the First World War, burdened by the many things he could have done differently.
Almost a century later, Alex and Ellie are preparing for their wedding, sparing no expense to hire a venue overlooking the very lake Allenby built all those years ago.
Like Allenby before him, Alex is haunted by decisions he made in the past. Now, with the wedding drawing ever closer, he is at a crossroads. Telling the truth might free him from his guilt; it might also take away everything he cares about, including Ellie.
In this masterful portrait of love and betrayal, David Park reveals the many ways the past seeps into the present: destructive, formidable, but also hopeful, in the moments of fragile beauty that remain.
Genre: Literary Fiction
* 'David Park is one of Ireland's great novelists.' Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments *
For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts of their past
When George Allenby is put in charge of building a lake in the grounds of an imposing Irish manor house, he intends to do the job as swiftly as possible and return to Belfast. Allenby is still wrestling with his time as an officer during the First World War, burdened by the many things he could have done differently.
Almost a century later, Alex and Ellie are preparing for their wedding, sparing no expense to hire a venue overlooking the very lake Allenby built all those years ago.
Like Allenby before him, Alex is haunted by decisions he made in the past. Now, with the wedding drawing ever closer, he is at a crossroads. Telling the truth might free him from his guilt; it might also take away everything he cares about, including Ellie.
In this masterful portrait of love and betrayal, David Park reveals the many ways the past seeps into the present: destructive, formidable, but also hopeful, in the moments of fragile beauty that remain.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"David Park is one of Ireland's great novelists." - Roddy Doyle
"A beautifully luminous and powerfully haunting piece of writing about the things that live in the shadows just beyond our reach." - Rachel Joyce
"David Park is one of Ireland's finest writers. He has written a symphony of extraordinary novels, not least Ghost Wedding." - Colum McCann
"Time is fluid in David Park's masterfully constructed novel where the shifting plates of the past slip their boundaries, causing seismic waves in the here and now... A compelling and absolutely mesmerising read from the maestro of the quiet crescendo." - Bernie McGill
"A writer to cherish, a master of fiction in great form. A most splendid novel: lucid, luminous, with enough secrets to break your heart and hold you spellbound, Ghost Wedding from David Park is wonderful stuff indeed." - Frank McGuinness
"Our finest novelist has written his finest novel. A work of heart and wit and exquisite prose. On this sort of form there is no one to touch David Park. Even by his own exceptionally high standards, Ghost Wedding is a remarkable novel, by turns exhilarating and profound, in sentences - whole passages - that sometimes take the breath away." - Glenn Patterson
"A beautifully luminous and powerfully haunting piece of writing about the things that live in the shadows just beyond our reach." - Rachel Joyce
"David Park is one of Ireland's finest writers. He has written a symphony of extraordinary novels, not least Ghost Wedding." - Colum McCann
"Time is fluid in David Park's masterfully constructed novel where the shifting plates of the past slip their boundaries, causing seismic waves in the here and now... A compelling and absolutely mesmerising read from the maestro of the quiet crescendo." - Bernie McGill
"A writer to cherish, a master of fiction in great form. A most splendid novel: lucid, luminous, with enough secrets to break your heart and hold you spellbound, Ghost Wedding from David Park is wonderful stuff indeed." - Frank McGuinness
"Our finest novelist has written his finest novel. A work of heart and wit and exquisite prose. On this sort of form there is no one to touch David Park. Even by his own exceptionally high standards, Ghost Wedding is a remarkable novel, by turns exhilarating and profound, in sentences - whole passages - that sometimes take the breath away." - Glenn Patterson
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