Sudden Times by Dermot Healy (9781860467301)

Description - Sudden Times by Dermot Healy

Ollie Ewing has returned home from London to Sligo but life is not going well for him. He is working at a supermarket and living in a run-down house with a group of art students. Slowly he reveals the story of his time in London and how he has reached his present state. Only by retracing these memories can Ollie regain his sanity. As he embarks on a journey to confront his experiences, the reader is led into the world of casual labour on the building sites of London, the protection rackets and sinister figures like Silver John and Scots Bob. The story comes to a disturbing and convincing court-room climax. Sudden Times is a powerful psychological novel which reveals its truth through a growing awareness of the skewed consciousness of its narrator. Peopled by painfully believable characters, it is further evidence of Dermot Healy's gifts as a novelist.

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