num_pages: 480
description: An extremely assured and wonderfully funny first novel with a rollicking plot - and at its heart an extremely touching and believable relationship between a twenty-something brother and sister. AN EVENING OF LONG GOODBYES tells the story of Charles and his sister Bel. They live in a crumbling old house outside Dublin where Charles is indolently escaping from real life while Bel strives to live life to the full. Both are romantics; both are trying to find their way in the world without losing themselves, each other and the things they hold dear. And all kinds of things happen along the there are fistfights, greyhound races, explosions, many cases of mistaken identity, unwise love affairs and more . . .
language: English
title: An Evening of Long Goodbyes
titlecomplete: An Evening of Long Goodbyes
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Cultural, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Irish Literature, 21st Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1480
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
category: Also Commended
publisher: Hamish Hamilton