Author

Publication

2004 - Fourth Estate, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6058.A5526 Z47 2004
  • LCCPR6058.A5526 Z46 2004

Description

"As a young boy, growing up in Dublin, Hugo Hamilton struggles with the question of what it means to be speckled. The speckled people are, in his father's words, 'the new Irish, partly from Ireland, partly from somewhere else' ... Surrounded by fear, guilt, and frequently comic cultural entanglements, Hugo tries to understand the differences between Irish history and German history and to turn the strange logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before the long-buried secrets at the back of the parents' wardrobe have been laid bare"--Jacket.

First Sentence

When you're small you know nothing.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • The speckled peopleFourth Estate2004-01-01
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