Five Leaves Irish Fiction Group discusses Reading In The Dark by Seamus Deane

Schedule

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom | Nottingham, EN

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This month we will be discussing Reading In The Dark by Seamus Deane
This is the story of a haunted Irish childhood.
The setting is Derry in the Northern Ireland of the 40s and 50s, fraught with political hatred, family secrets and lethal intrigue. As a young boy tries to make sense of life, poverty and violence shift and obscure the facts; meanwhile his night-time reading of Irish legends weaves enchantment through reality. Claustrophobic but lyrically charged, breathtakingly sad but vibrant and unforgettable, this is one of the finest books about growing up – in Ireland or anywhere – that has ever been written.
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14A Long Row, NG1 2DH Nottingham, United Kingdom, 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2, United Kingdom

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