James Mangan, a none too successful poet, finds he has also failed in love when his beautiful acclaimed actress wife suddenly deserts him. Seeking solace in his father's country lodge, Mangan comes across a mysterious photograph of his doppelganger, and Irish ancestor who was also a poet. Excited at he prospect of uncovering a previously hidden lyrical past, he sets off for Ireland, but is shocked to discover instead a violent history of intrigue, incest and madness...
- ISBN10 0007292244
- ISBN13 9780007292240
- Publish Date 3 June 2008 (first published 29 September 1979)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 November 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Flamingo
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk