An exquisite, poignant story of an Irish boyhood in the 1970s Derry in the 1970s: teenager Joe Logan is growing up in the teeth of the Troubles, having to cope with embittered parents, a brother who's been away and come back with money and a gun in his pocket, and the constant presence of the British Army in the background. But when Joe develops a friendship with a young school teacher, a fresh perspective is brought to his familiar world. Shadows on our Skin was shortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize for Fiction
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An exquisite, poignant story of an Irish boyhood in the 1970s Derry in the 1970s: teenager Joe Logan is growing up in the teeth of the Troubles, having to cope with embittered parents, a brother who's been away and come back with money and a gun in his pocket, and the constant presence of the British Army in the background. But when Joe develops a friendship with a young school teacher, a fresh perspective is brought to his familiar world. Shadows on our Skin was shortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize for Fiction
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Very Good. A lyrical, gritty and poignant story of a boy crossing the line between childhood and adulthood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. 2002. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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