Description
'A wonderfully eerie, tragic read. I read it with my heart in my mouth.' Anna Burns author of Milkman
An unforgettable novel of ghosts, lies and the the past, from the prize-winning Eoin McNamee
Late 1944, and two teenagers dance the Vogue in silence on the projectionist's floor of the Pirnmill Aerodrome. She draws the outlines of their footwork in eyebrow pencil on the white sheet. He loses their bet.
Decades later, a ghost returns to Morne to identify a body found in the shifting sands. Names have long since been changed; children long since cast out; lies long thought forgotten.
Set against an eerie landscape, awash with secrets, The Vogue is a grimly poetic dance through the intertwined stories of a deeply religious community, an abandoned military base, and a long-shuttered children's Care Home.
The Vogue is an unforgettable novel of ghosts, lies and the how the past can return in vengeance.
About the Author
Eoin McNamee's novels include Resurrection Man, later made into a film, The Blue Tango, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Orchid Blue, described by John Burnside in the Guardian as 'not only a political novel of the highest order but also that rare phenomenon, a genuinely tragic work of art,' and Blue is the Night, which won the 2015 Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. He lives in Sligo.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571331604
Author Eoin McNamee
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 373g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 19mm
