Night

Edna O'Brien's classic, rocket of a novel, Night, is narrated by one of her most memorably, unhinged characters, Mary Hooligan. Lying on a four-poster bed, unable to sleep, she recounts (mis)adventures, courtships, and sexual encounters of the most transgressive kind, in a narrative voice of blistering originality. Out of print for some time, and now made available in the wake of O'Brien's bestselling memoir, Country Girl , Night is a novel which introduces us to one of the most compelling and garrulous narrators in modern fiction. A haunting novel from the iconic 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. The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Edna O'Brien'sThe Country Girls trilogy begins in August 2019. Edna O'Brien's haunting 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. This ebook features the first chapter of Edna O'Brien's stunning new novel, Girl, published by Faber in September 2019 and available to pre-order now.