# The Past

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- Book: [The Past](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-jordan/the-past) ([The Past.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-jordan/the-past.md))
- Authors: [Neil Jordan](https://www.bookquiver.com/neil-jordan)
- Publisher: john_murray
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-4854-820-6
- Published: 2012-11-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In this brilliant novel, a man searches for the truth about his parentage. His grandmother was a flamboyantly bad actress at the Abbey Theatre, married to a Free State hero. Slowly he uncovers more of his history. The pieces of the past begin to fit together, and the truth of his family is revealed...