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'A considerable achievement' GUARDIAN
'Highly recommended' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Excellent entertainment: an absorbing book' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Durraghglass is a beautiful mansion in Southern Ireland, now crumbling in neglect. The time is the present - a present that churns with the bizarre passions of its owners' past. The Swifts - three sisters of marked eccentricity, defiantly christened April, May and Baby June, and their only brother, one-eyed Jasper - have little in common, save vivid memories of darling Mummy, and a long lost youth peculiarly prone to acts of treachery.
Into their world comes Cousin Leda from Vienna, a visitor from the past, blind but beguiling - a thrilling guest. But within days, the lifestyle of the Swifts has been dramatically overturned - and desires, dormant for so long, flame fierce and bright as ever.
Trade ReviewA
considerable achievement * Guardian *
A joy to read * Spectator *
Highly recommended * Sunday Telegraph *
Excellent entertainment: an absorbing book * Times Literary Supplement *
In jugular-poised wit and hilarity: a
brilliant comic novel * Kirkus Reviews *
A considerable achievement * GUARDIAN *
A joy to read * SPECTATOR *
Highly recommended * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Excellent entertainment: an absorbing book * TLS *
