Night

A haunting novel from the iconic Irish legend behind The Country Girls. trilogy. ''The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there''s no one like Edna O''Brien. '' Anne Enright. ''Novels of heart-breaking empathy, rigorous honesty and peerless beauty. '' Eimear McBride. ''A profound intelligence spurred on by a tangible, fizzing joy. '' Megan Nolan. ''Brilliant and brave. '' Ann Patchett. ''A revolution. '' John Banville. ''Glittering energy. '' Colm Tóibín. Edna O''Brien''s chilling spectre of a novel, Night,. is narrated by one of her most memorable characters, Mary Hooligan. Lying on a four-poster bed, unable to sleep, she recounts her (mis)adventures, courtships, and sexual encounters of the most transgressive kind in a narrative voice of blistering, radical originality. With an introduction by Andrew O''Hagan.