Johnny, an outstanding young swimmer, went missing nearly thirty years ago: drowned, or so everyone except his sister Imogen believes. How could this have happened? Encouraged, pushed even, from a child by his father, Johnny could have made the Olympic team, couldn't he? As Imogen gradually pieces together bits of her family history, we hear the tragic echoes that connect her with the Great War and Ireland in the nineteen-twenties.
Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her or any generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST) the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS) the Yorkshire Post Award Best Book of the Year (twice for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize with SHADOWS ON OUR SKIN.
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston