num_pages: 236
description: The Fabulists is a love story set in contemporary Dublin. After a brief encounter on the Ha’penny Bridge over the Liffey, Tess and Mungo contrive to make their paths cross again. ‘Two spoofers,’ Tess thinks to herself. ‘It might even be fun.’ The relationship that develops extends the horizons of their lives on the dole, struggling with children and marriage, filled with sexual longing, and hungry for purpose. As life and fantasy interweave between Dublin, Wexford, Berlin and Barcelona, Tess and Mungo consummate their love through tales which are erotic, exotic and often guilt-ridden, confronting truths about themselves, and restoring the fabric of a torn past. This novel about love and parenthood, desire and frailty, describes ordinary lives and emotions in an extraordinary way.
language: English
title: The Fabulists
titlecomplete: The Fabulists
ratings_count: 16
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award
publisher: The Lilliput Press