Anna Kelly Sweeney is a writer of popular fiction intent on worldly success. Leo is an idealist who lives in rural County Kerry and devotes himself to poetry, culture and innumerable worthy causes. When Anna falls in love with the handsome and enigmatic Vincy, and Leo with troubled publicist Kate, the consequences of their glimpsed happiness reverberate beyond their own insulated worlds. Inspired by Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, this panoramic and compulsively readable new novel is an intelligent, witty and fiercely humane insight into modern Ireland. ""In this modern take on Anna Karenina, Anna Kelly Sweeney is an affluent Dublin housewife whose vast literary and financial aspirations fail to match her talents. . . A bruising commentary on the new Irish culture conveyed with a grin."" --Booklist
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In this modern take on Anna Karenina, Anna Kelly Sweeney is an affluent Dublin housewife whose vast literary and financial aspirations fail to match her talents. As an avid participant in the social writers scene, in which one-upmanship is de rigeur, she attends a book-launch party also attended by an attractive journalist, Vincy Erikson. Their initial flirtation develops into a full-blown affair, which becomes her excuse to delay her latest manuscript. Her indifferent husband and spoiled son unknowingly advance her justification for the affair, yet they seem oblivious to her new obsession, despite the open sniggering commentary from their social circle. As initial heat cools and excitement fades, we see Anna’s jealous obsession become more about Vincy than their relationship. The impact on family, friends, and ultimately upon Anna herself follows the tragic conclusion of Anna Karenina but with a gleefully sardonic twist. Ní Dhuibhue delights in wrong-footing the reader, and her flawed yet compelling cast of characters emulates the vapidity and consumption of Sheridan’s The Rivals (2006). A bruising commentary on the new Irish culture conveyed with a grin. --Catherine English
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'Ni Dhuibhne has a great way of mixing and merging the realistic with something otherworldly, like crossing an Alice Munro or an Anne Tyler with an Angela Carter or a Jeanette Winterson.' Books Ireland 'Ni Dhuibhne's writing is marvellous, building layers of impression until a complex, vital and true-false picture of liberation is revealed.' Irish Times 'Her observations are lemon-fresh, her writing beautiful, witty and wry.' Sunday Express
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