An evening of long goodbyes

ISBN: 9780141942032 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0141942037 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource remote 1 online resource.
Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin, 2004.

Murray, Paul 1975- (Author).

Summary: Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most assured Irish novels of recent years: An Evening of Long Goodbyes is the story of Dubliner Charles Hythloday and the heroic squandering of the family inheritance. Featuring drinking: greyhound racing: vanishing furniture: more drinking: old movies: assorted Dublin lowlife: eviction and the perils of community theatre: Paul Murray's debut novel is a tour de force of comedic writing wrapped in an honest-to-goodness tale of a man--and a family--living in denial ...