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The brilliant first novel by the author of The Bee Sting

Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured debuts of recent years, An Evening of Long Goodbyes is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. Featuring drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre, Paul Murray''s first novel is a tour de force of comedic writing wrapped in an honest-to-goodness tale of a man - and a family - living in denial.

''Hilarious, rich and satisfying'' The Times Literary Supplement

''Comedy of the highest calibre and a good, fast-paced yarn. An excellent read'' Sunday Tribune

''Arguably the funniest debut in years, An Evening of Long Goodbyes ranks with Zadie Smith''s White Teeth as a stunning document of an English-speaking metropolis in flux'' LA Times



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A freewheeling adventure through modern Dublin. Hilarious, rich and satisfying * Times Literary Supplement *
A sheer triumph * Ali Smith *
Innately entertaining. The plot scuttles along with Wodehouse-like delirium * Time Out *
Every joke, every observation, every name reverberates with playful nuance and nervy significance; the end result is a gleeful tweak of the New Ireland's proud nose * LA Times *

An Evening of Long Goodbyes

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 7 April 2011
      ISBN-13 9780241955895
      978-0241955895
      ISBN-10 0241955890
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The brilliant first novel by the author of The Bee Sting

      Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured debuts of recent years, An Evening of Long Goodbyes is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. Featuring drinking, greyhound racing, vanishing furniture, more drinking, old movies, assorted Dublin lowlife, eviction and the perils of community theatre, Paul Murray''s first novel is a tour de force of comedic writing wrapped in an honest-to-goodness tale of a man - and a family - living in denial.

      ''Hilarious, rich and satisfying'' The Times Literary Supplement

      ''Comedy of the highest calibre and a good, fast-paced yarn. An excellent read'' Sunday Tribune

      ''Arguably the funniest debut in years, An Evening of Long Goodbyes ranks with Zadie Smith''s White Teeth as a stunning document of an English-speaking metropolis in flux'' LA Times



      Trade Review
      A freewheeling adventure through modern Dublin. Hilarious, rich and satisfying * Times Literary Supplement *
      A sheer triumph * Ali Smith *
      Innately entertaining. The plot scuttles along with Wodehouse-like delirium * Time Out *
      Every joke, every observation, every name reverberates with playful nuance and nervy significance; the end result is a gleeful tweak of the New Ireland's proud nose * LA Times *

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