num_pages: 175
description: Once the big house on an Irish estate, Birchwood has turned into a baroque madhouse for its ruined inhabitants. One disaster succeeds another, until young Gabriel Godkin runs away to join a travelling circus and look for his long-lost twin sister. Soon he discovers that Ireland is ruined as well. Famine and unrest stalk the countryside...
language: English
title: Birchwood
titlecomplete: Birchwood
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 631
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Allied Irish Banks' Prize
publisher: Pan MacMillan