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001 2011283554
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008 110802s2007 nyu 000 1 eng c
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050 00 $aPR6055.N73$bG38 2007b
082 00 $a823/.914$222
100 1 $aEnright, Anne,$d1962-
245 14 $aThe gathering /$cAnne Enright.
260 $aNew York :$bBlack Cat ;$a[Berkeley, Calif.] :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$cc2007.
300 $a260 p. ;$c21 cm.
520 $aAs nine members of the Hegarty clan gather for the wake of their drowned brother Liam, his sister Veronica remembers the secret he shared with her about what happened in their grandmother's house thirty years ago, a betrayal that spans three generations.
586 $aMan Booker Prize for Fiction, 2007.
520 1 $a"The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him - something that happened in their grandmother's house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations, she shows how memories warp and secrets fester."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aFamily secrets$vFiction.
650 0 $aFamilies$zIreland$vFiction.
651 0 $aDublin (Ireland)$xSocial life and customs$vFiction.
655 0 $aDomestic fiction.