Montpelier Parade
Karl Geary
Montpelier Parade
Karl Geary
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English
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Description
Working on the garden with his father, Sonny is full of curiosity. Then the back door eases open and she comes down the path towards him. Vera. Chance meetings become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. Casting off his lonely life of dreams, he longs to know Vera. But what is it that Vera isn't telling him?
A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel by Karl Geary. He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through. But these writers aren't just promising, they are arriving fully fledged, like a bunch of Hemingways and Waughs. (A pride of Hemingways?) This is language on the side of life, suggesting life, giving life. Wonderful.
Intensely powerful.
Luminous…brilliantly paced, full of tension and tenderness.
Few novelists debut with a masterpiece, but Geary has done just that. Stunning.
Montpelier Parade is haunting – a portrayal of loneliness that is eerily beautiful and desperately moving
Luminous and moving. A story that asks who you can love and how, and a novel that gets to the heart of things; it certainly got to the heart of me.
A genuine talent.
The precision in his prose bellies his training as a scriptwriter; the plot unfolds with self-assured ease, and the dialogue lives on the page… He trusts his reader, and the novel has compulsive power because of it. An astonishing debut.
A groundbreaking debut. Montpelier Parade is a taut, riveting, beautifully sparse coming of age tale from a fearless new talent
I hope that someone will give me an advance copy… I’ve heard it’s lyrical, brave and inventive – everything I look for in a novel.
A bittersweet love story… An unusually vivid novel, which presents life how it is, rather than how Hollywood script writers might like it to be.
Karl’s depiction of his home-town is so visceral you can almost feel the dreich air seeping into your bones as you read…. Karl’s acute observations perfectly capture the essence of boyhood bewilderment and bravado. This is an unusually vivid novel that presents life how it is.
A tender, real tale of love…a captivating debut from the Dublin-born author… A luminous, moving story that is full of heart.
Hypnotic and involving.
I adored this unconventional love story. It’s tender, with luminous language, and should catapult the author to literary fame.
Karl Geary was born in Dublin. His widely acclaimed debut Montpelier Parade was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and for Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Karl lives in Glasgow with his wife and daughter.
A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel by Karl Geary. He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through. But these writers aren't just promising, they are arriving fully fledged, like a bunch of Hemingways and Waughs. (A pride of Hemingways?) This is language on the side of life, suggesting life, giving life. Wonderful.
Intensely powerful.
Luminous…brilliantly paced, full of tension and tenderness.
Few novelists debut with a masterpiece, but Geary has done just that. Stunning.
Montpelier Parade is haunting – a portrayal of loneliness that is eerily beautiful and desperately moving
Luminous and moving. A story that asks who you can love and how, and a novel that gets to the heart of things; it certainly got to the heart of me.
A genuine talent.
The precision in his prose bellies his training as a scriptwriter; the plot unfolds with self-assured ease, and the dialogue lives on the page… He trusts his reader, and the novel has compulsive power because of it. An astonishing debut.
A groundbreaking debut. Montpelier Parade is a taut, riveting, beautifully sparse coming of age tale from a fearless new talent
I hope that someone will give me an advance copy… I’ve heard it’s lyrical, brave and inventive – everything I look for in a novel.
A bittersweet love story… An unusually vivid novel, which presents life how it is, rather than how Hollywood script writers might like it to be.
Karl’s depiction of his home-town is so visceral you can almost feel the dreich air seeping into your bones as you read…. Karl’s acute observations perfectly capture the essence of boyhood bewilderment and bravado. This is an unusually vivid novel that presents life how it is.
A tender, real tale of love…a captivating debut from the Dublin-born author… A luminous, moving story that is full of heart.
Hypnotic and involving.
I adored this unconventional love story. It’s tender, with luminous language, and should catapult the author to literary fame.
Karl Geary was born in Dublin. His widely acclaimed debut Montpelier Parade was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and for Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Karl lives in Glasgow with his wife and daughter.