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Death and Nightingales

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Death and Nightingales
1992 edition
AuthorEugene McCabe
LanguageEnglish
Published1992
PublisherVintage Books
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages240
ISBN074939868X

Death and Nightingales is a 1992 novel by Irish writer Eugene McCabe.[1]

Plot

1883, County Fermanagh, Ireland. On Beth Winters' twenty-third birthday, decades of pain and betrayal finally build to a devastating climax.[2]

Reception

Michael Ondaatje described Death and Nightingales as "a deeply moving, powerful, and unforgettable book."[3][4] The Anglo-Celt called it a "modern classic."[5]

Adaptation

In 2018, a three-part television adaptation with the same name, starring Jamie Dornan, Matthew Rhys and Ann Skelly was broadcast.

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