About this title: Moore's first novel, about an alcoholic spinster living in Belfast, was a critical and popular success, and is still considered one of his finest works.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 228 p. 20 cm. First published in London in 1955 under title: Judith Hearne. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 228 p. 20 cm. First published in London in 1955 under title: Judith Hearne. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1983
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, name torn out of top corner on first blank page, stk #2132h6. 223 p. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780316579667ISBN:0316579661
Description: Very Good. GREAT BOOK! MILD SHELF WEAR, A COUPLE SPINE CREASES & LIGHT BEND ON COVER. CLEAN PAGES, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. "Description: Moore's first novel, about an alcoholic spinster living in Belfast, was a critical and popular success, and is still considered one of his finest works. " read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780671819156ISBN:0671819151
Description: Good. NOT an ex-library; a little cov rubbing and possible age darkening on very decent cov; spine uncreased and solid; remainder mark bottom edge; crease back cov; moderate age color on unmarked pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780316579667ISBN:0316579661
Description: Good+ 0316579661. Smooth spine. Corner crease on rear cover. Bumped corners. Price on cover is $6.95.; 5 x 7.75 inches; 223 pages. read more
Description: Good. 1988-Paperback-Cover shows some shelf-wear. Pages lightly tanned. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780316579667ISBN:0316579661
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (A26-9/9)Book is in good condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 223 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780316579667ISBN:0316579661
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback. Slight edgewear, sticker size discolored area lower rear cover, shallow crease front cover. 223 pages, no stamps or writing. read more
"Written in 1955 (after the author had left Belfast for Montreal), Brian Moore here plumbs the turbid soul of Judith Hearne, a desperately lonely woman on the verge of becoming an 'old maid'. She's done in by the repressive mores of her culture, which she has internalized and of which she's largely uncritical. The other character whose thoughts are probed at length is James Madden, Hearne's last chance at a husband. He, too, has outlived his dreams and (like Hearne) drifts though his days in fear and frustration, which are relieved only by vices that promise short-term relief but long-term doom.
The novel is marred by some heavy-handed symbols (an empty church, e.g.), and I grew impatient with the protracted torments to which the author subjected poor Judy Hearne. At one point, I felt like crying out, "Oh, just drop a piano on her! Please -- put this character out of her misery!""
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