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Christine Dwyer Hickey
Book List in Order: 9 titles
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The Gambler
- Oct-1998
- / Literary
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This haunting novel, the second of a trilogy which began with The Dancer, is set in Dublin between the wars. Christine Dwyer Hickey paints a disturbingly accurate picture of a family's slow decline into ruin. The shadowy figure of the Dancer reappear...
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Last Train from Liguria
- Apr-2011
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A sweeping tale of consequences spanning the 1930s to the 1990s, moving between fascist Italy and modern Ireland In 1933, Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress an...
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The House on Parkgate Street
- Nov-2013
- / General Fiction
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A child wandering alone through a racecourse; an elderly lady grasping at a thread of memory; a young girl watching prostitutes from her window as they ply their trade; an Indian taxi driver living in his cab: these are some of the fractured lives an...
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Cold Eye of Heaven
- Mar-2015
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Farley, a seventy-five year old man, lies on his bathroom floor, having just suffered a stroke. As his mind sifts through his past, we are introduced to the loyal friend he once was, his loving wife, the city of Dublin, and the question of how thi...
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The Lives of Women
- May-2018
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After more than thirty years in New York City, Elaine Nichols returns home to Ireland to her invalid father and his geriatric Alsatian dog. As a pregnant teenager she was sent away to avoid scandal and possible legal consequences. Shuttling back and ...
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The Narrow Land
- Mar-2019
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"A brilliant portrait... With a beguiling grace and a deceptive simplicity, Christine Dwyer Hickey reminds us that the past is never far away - rather, it constantly surrounds us, suspends us, haunts us." Colum McCann1950: late summer season on Cape ...
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