Tender
by McKeon, Belinda
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0330529897
- ISBN 13
- 9780330529891
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Picador, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 432p. ; 22cm. Subjects: College students ; Fiction. Irish fiction ; 21st century.
Reviews
On Apr 30 2020, The Old Library Bookshop said:
I had looked forward to reading this book with such eagerness because I had been captivated by McKeon's first novel, Solace. Disappointingly, I did not find the same lyrical beauty in this, her second novel as I did in the first. The tenderness of the title teeters on the brink of obsession and finally falls into that abyss. Catherine meets James when she heads to university at Dublin's Trinity College. The friendship that develops between them is complicated by James's struggle to find his place as a homosexual male within the circle of friendships they have created in Dublin. Sexuality aside, Catherine and James forge deep bonds of friendship, a sort of anam cara relationship. Catherine's love for James brings her pain as she struggles to maintain her role as the friend of his heart without giving in to her longing to be more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 289103
- Title
- Tender
- Author
- McKeon, Belinda
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330529897
- ISBN 13
- 9780330529891
- Publisher
- London : Picador
- Date Published
- 2015
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.