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In the Forest

A Novel

Edna O'Brien

Picador

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ISBN10: 0374538778
ISBN13: 9780374538774

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272 Pages

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In the Forest is a newly reissued edition of the terrifying novel from "one of the greatest writers in the English-speaking world" (The New York Times).

Edna O'Brien follows Michen O'Kane, who was born with a killer instinct, as he unleashes his murderous rage along the countryside of western Ireland, drawing innocent victims into the forest of his twisted fantasies.

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Praise for In the Forest

"Based on a real triple homicide that shocked Ireland in 1994, O'Brien's short, stark and eloquent novel reveals an unforgettable prospect of hell . . . O'Brien's sentient, sonorous prose makes both O'Kane's inner world and his environment nearly palpable."—Publishers Weekly

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Cloosh Wood


WOODLAND STRADDLING two counties and several townlands, a drowsy corpus of green, broken only where the odd pine has struck up on its own, spindly, freakish, the stray twigs on either side branched, cruciform-wise....

About the author

Edna O'Brien

Edna O’Brien has written more than twenty-five works of fiction, including The Little Red Chairs and The Light of Evening. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she has lived in London for many years.

Guardian News and Media Ltd 2015

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