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      In the Forest

      by Edna O'Brien
      Published
      Apr 2002
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      In the Forest is a newly reissued edition of the terrifying novel from "one of the greatest writers in the English-speaking world" (The New York Times), Edna O'Brien.

      "O'Brien brings together the earthy and delicately poetic: she has the sound of Molly Bloom and the skills of Virginia Woolf." —Newsweek

      O'Brien takes her reader into the mind of Michen O'Kane, a murder who terrorizes the countryside of western Ireland, and traces his transformation from a neglected child to a twisted killer. In the Forest is based on a true story of local horror, and O'Brien provides fragments of O'Kane's story while leaving her reader to try and make sense of his psyche.

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      Apr 2003 Mariner ISBN13 9780618339655 ISBN10 0618339655
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      Mar 2003 Orion (UK) ISBN13 9780753816851 ISBN10 0753816857
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      Jun 2005 Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited ISBN13 9780641662256 ISBN10 0641662254
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      Oct 2020 Picador ISBN13 9780374538774 ISBN10 0374538778
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      First Edition Apr 2002 Houghton Mifflin ISBN13 9780618197309 ISBN10 0618197303
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      Oct 2020 Picador ISBN13 9780374721459 ISBN10 0374721459
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      Oct 2020 Picador ISBN10 B082ZGRJCN
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      Feb 2026 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571397501 ISBN10 0571397506
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      Apr 2006 Audible Studios ISBN10 B000FEBYHO
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      Sep 2003 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786257287 ISBN10 0786257288
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