Time After Time
By (Author) Molly Keane
Introduction by Emma Donoghue
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
7th August 2006
1st June 2006
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.912
Paperback
272
Width 132mm, Height 196mm, Spine 19mm
188g
Durraghglass is a beautiful mansion in Southern Ireland, now crumbling in neglect. The time is the present - a present that churns with the bizarre passions of its owners' past. The Swifts - three sisters of marked eccentricity, defiantly christened April, May and Baby June, and their only brother, one-eyed Jasper - have little in common, save vivid memories of darling Mummy, and a long lost youth peculiarly prone to acts of treachery.
Into their world comes Cousin Leda from Vienna, a visitor from the past, blind but beguiling - a thrilling guest. But within days, the lifestyle of the Swifts has been dramatically overturned - and desires, dormant for so long, flame fierce and bright as ever.'A considerable achievement' GUARDIAN 'A joy to read' SPECTATOR 'Highly recommended' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Excellent entertainment: an absorbing book' TLS 'Sharp, deadly and irresistably funny' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Molly Keane weaves the most delicous comedy out of events that ought to be tragic ... A scintillating story' MAIL ON SUNDAY
Born in Ireland in 1904 into a 'rather serious Hunting and Fishing Church-going family' who gave her little education at the hands of governesses, Molly's interests were 'hunting & horses & having a good time'; she began writing only to supplement her dress allowance. She died in 1996.