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Also by Neil Jordan:

Carnivalesque, June 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
The Drowned Detective, May 2016
Hardcover
The Past, January 2013
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)

THE PAST
By: Neil Jordan

Soft Skull Press
January 2013
On Sale: January 1, 2013
290 pages
ISBN: 159376510X
EAN: 9781593765101
Kindle: B00ADJI5GO
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Fiction Family Life

On June 1st, 1914, Una O’Shaughnessy sends a postcard home from a Cornish seaside town. Back in two weeks, she promises. But seven months later, she still has not returned to Ireland, and she sends another postcard, this one signed Una, Michael, Rene (!).

The Past is the story of Rene, this unexpected child, as told by her own child as he searches for the truth about his parents’ mysterious and romantic history. Through the reminiscences of his mother's friend, the pieces of the past begin to fit together into a delicate mosaic of the truth. What really happened in that seaside town? Why does the past seem to hold so many secrets?

Set over twenty-five years, travelling from Cornwall to Dublin and the Irish Provinces, The Past is a beautiful novel of love and longing, created by one of the preeminent artists of our time.

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Weekend Edition Saturday - January 19, 2013