Book description
A marriage and a family reach breaking point on an annual holiday in
the loveliest hotel in Ireland.
Dermot Bolger is one of the leading figures on the Irish literary
scene. Very influential, amazingly energetic and prolific, popular and
extremely well respected.
Dermot writes fast-paced, incredibly readable novels, usually with a
thriller element, always about Ireland, more often than not about its
Troubles. 'Temptation' is quite different. It is about family life. It
describes five days in the lives of Alison, her husband Peadar and their
three children, who are taking their annual holiday on the southeastern
coast of Ireland. Each member of the family has his or her own hopes for
the holiday and preoccupations about the lives they are briefly leaving
behind. The holiday serves as a turning point in their lives, as Alison
and Peadar's marriage is put to the test and the vulnerabilities of
their children are brought to the fore.
Previous novels have always featured a female central character, and
Dermot seems to love writing from a female perspective - and very good
he is at it too. This new novel takes this strength and makes the most
of it. Paciness and great readability are packed in there too. 'An
addictive read - a will-they-won't-they adultery tale, told fast and
furiously. More than confirms his reputation as a master storyteller.'
Sunday Express
'A beautifully understated novel whose portrait of a self-doubting
woman is handled with rare and sensitive perspicacity.' Daily Mail
'Bolger is a master storyteller…Temptation surely establishes him as
one of the major Irish novelists of the past quarter century.' Irish
Post dermot bolger was born in Dublin in 1959. His novels and plays
have won many awards, in Ireland and internationally. He has also
published seven volumes of poetry, and written for the screen. Bolger
has been a notable and energetic champion of new Irish writers in his
capacity as founder- publisher of Raven Arts Press, which he ran until
1992, whereafter he went on to start New Island Books. He is also the
editor of the Picador Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction.
