The Dancer

Christine Dwyer Hickey's acclaimed The Dancer sets the stage for her masterful trilogy of Dublin novels. It's 1918, wartime in Dublin. Kate and Maude, two sisters, are both in troubled marriages, each on separate quests for their own individual redemptions. Meanwhile, their younger brother, the dancer, is setting out on an intense journey all his own. An unforgettable novel, rich and unique, The Dancer  is one of the landmark Irish debuts of recent years.

Praise for Dwyer Hickey:

'Ms Dwyer Hickey handles an ambitious project with flair and expertise and she exhibits great confidence in her style and subject matter. An assured debut, and most beautifully written' Vincent Banville, The Irish Times

'Christine Dwyer Hickey is the best Irish writer I have read in many years' Djinn Gallagher, Sunday Tribune

'Some of the finest writing of this century and the last' Irish Independent

'Please, Christine Dwyer Hickey, hurry up with a sequel. The plushy perverse world of this novel is addictive' Nuala O'Faolain, Image

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