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Where Are We Now? - by Glenn Patterson (Paperback)

Where Are We Now? - by  Glenn Patterson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A moving, funny, and topical novel about lost love, growing older and the realities of life in a society that is still coming to terms with thirty years of violence, some of that violence still very present and dangerous</b> <p/> When he unexpectedly loses his job, Herbie struggles to find new meaning. His wife, the great love of his life, has long left him for a Southerner, and his daughter has fled Belfast for London in search of work and an easier life. But a local cafe under new ownership, a friend in need and an unexpected spark of romance give Herbie something to wake up for. From the author of<i> Gull </i>and <i>Backstop Land, Where Are We Now?</i> is a novel about lost love, growing older and the realities of life in a society still haunted by decades of violence. By turns moving and funny, topical and sharp, it is a life-affirming story of a life not yet over.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Glenn Patterson</b> was born and lives in Belfast. He has written a number of acclaimed novels including <i>Fat Lad, The International, The Mill for Grinding Old People Young</i> and <i>Gull </i>and he co-wrote the screenplay of the film<i> Good Vibrations</i>, based on the Belfast music scene of the 1970s. He is Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University.

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