# Reading in the Dark

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- Book: [Reading in the Dark](https://www.bookquiver.com/seamus-deane/reading-in-the-dark) ([Reading in the Dark.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/seamus-deane/reading-in-the-dark.md))
- Authors: [Seamus Deane](https://www.bookquiver.com/seamus-deane)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-17-8487-553-4
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2019-05-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This is the story of a haunted Irish childhood. The setting is Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s, fraught with political hatred, family secrets and lethal intrigue. As a young boy tries to make sense of life, poverty and violence shift and obscure the facts; meanwhile his night-time reading of Irish legends weaves enchantment through reality. Claustrophobic but lyrically charged, breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, this is one of the finest books about growing up – in Ireland or anywhere – that has ever been written. See also: The Green Road by Anne Enright