Four Letters of Love
by:
John Hurt (author)
Niall Williams (author)
Nicholas Coughlan is twelve years old when his father, an Irish civil servant, announces that God has commanded him to become a painter. He abandons the family and a wife who is driven to despair. Years later, Nicholas's own civil-service career is disrupted by tragic news: his father has burned...
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Nicholas Coughlan is twelve years old when his father, an Irish civil servant, announces that God has commanded him to become a painter. He abandons the family and a wife who is driven to despair. Years later, Nicholas's own civil-service career is disrupted by tragic news: his father has burned down the house, with all his paintings and himself in it.Isabel Gore is the da
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781447275107 (1447275101)
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 345
Edition language: English