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The Old Jest | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Johnston
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £5.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 878386
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 0140106987
EAN: 9780140106985
ASIN: 0140106987
Publication Date: October 3, 1988
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Superb novella February 25, 2007
This is a compelling story of young woman from a crumbling Protestant Ascendancy family caught up in the turmoil of the Irish troubles around 1920. Wondefully descriptive in terms of both place (it's set in & around Dublin)and characters, it packs a great deal into fewer than 170 pages.
It was also made into a fine film called "The Dawning", with Anthony Hopkins, Trevor Howard, Jean Simmons & Rebecca Pidgeon (not a bad cast for a low-budget Arthouse film!)
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