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A hardcover first edition, Andre Deutsch, 1979, of Hugh Leonard's bestselling memoir of his youth in Dublin , Home Before Night.
Condition - Dustjacket - tanning and small area of split to the top edge of the dj, , period £IR price sticker attached. Cover art by Brian Knight.
Condition - Book - Very Good, solid in brown cloth with titles in gold to spine. unmarked otherwise, not ex library or book club, solid in binding. Some dustmark darkening to the top of the page block. First Edition. Previous owners name written on front endpaper.
An account of the childhood and adolescence of an adopted son, and widely differing personalities of his adoptive parents.
The story though set largely in and around Dalkey, outside of Dublin, is universal and concerns itself primarily with the characters, rather than the place where the story unfolds. He describes his parents, his gentle Da and his sharp tongued mother, from the 1930's onwards, as they strive to 'better' him and his evential role as a civil servant in the Land Commission. Leonard was a highly successful author and playwright, perhaps best remembered for his play ( and subsequent film) Da', which grew out of this book.
