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Ghost Light
Ghost Light
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Start date
May 1, 2011
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July 31, 2011
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Joint winner of the May -July Quarterly Irish Read poll

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Iuliana Naughton
Apr 27, 2011 rated it did not like it
Shelves: book-club
I was so looking forward to reading this and I am waiting to see what the book club will make of it. I don't know if it was just me but I found it impossible to read. It didn't flow at all, the constant switching between second and third person made it very difficult to get into. As well as this, there were pages and pages of irrelevant stories and pure rambling that didn't seem to tie into the story. The fact that most of the letters they sent to each other, including the last one, were made up ...more
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Mae
Dec 26, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: ireland
This is a story of a love affair. This is a story of theater in Ireland. This is a story about class distinction in Ireland. This is a wonderfully written story. It is a great book to read along Ulysses. Which happened in my case by accident. Some of the story happens more or less in the same Dublin as Ulysses, but the most interesting part is seeing the influence of Joyce in this book. It is not a page turner, but it is entertaining and well written. The characters although based on real people ...more
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MyBookAffair
Apr 14, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: blooming-brilliant
I've just finished reading 'Ghost Light', by Joseph O'Connor and my mind is still ringing with the sound of it, the music and words of Molly Allgood's voice, but let me not race ahead. Let me do the thing properly.

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Mark
Apr 19, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: irish-book-club, read-twice
Reignited my love of all things Irish.
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Rubyryan
Mar 03, 2011 marked it as to-read
B.C.
Mar 13, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, irish
Jo
Apr 13, 2011 rated it it was ok
Jackie Walsh
May 04, 2011 marked it as to-read
Rachel Carson
May 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
The Lonely book club
May 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Siobhan
May 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Mark Graham
May 29, 2011 marked it as to-read
Paige
Jun 05, 2011 marked it as to-read
Beth Boyce
Jun 25, 2011 marked it as to-read
Elizabeth Majel
Jul 01, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: summer-2014
Mary Barron
Jul 07, 2011 rated it liked it
Louise
Jul 12, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
J.S. Dunn
Aug 01, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: ireland
Angus
Jan 01, 2012 rated it really liked it
DJ =^^=
Jan 06, 2012 rated it it was ok
Shelves: ireland, read-in-2012
Tom
Mar 14, 2012 marked it as to-read
Alang
May 12, 2012 rated it it was ok
Kelly
Feb 19, 2013 rated it it was ok
Kim
Jun 08, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Madeline
Jan 02, 2015 marked it as to-read
Laura C
Sep 03, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Rosie
Mar 31, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: rec-wlag
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