A Keeper

Informationen zum Autor Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series.He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show , which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Graham Norton is one of the UK's most treasured comedians and presenters. Born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, Norton's first big TV appearance was as Father Noel Furlong on Channel 4's Father Ted in the early 1990s. He then secured a prime time slot on Channel 4 with his chat shows So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton. Known for his quick wit Graham began hosting a variety of talent shows on BBC One from Strictly Dance Fever and Andrew Lloyd Webber's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? to The Eurovision Song Contest and BAFTAs. Graham was soon approached by the BBC to front his own self-titled chat show The Graham Norton Show in 2007. Graham Norton has won 9 BAFTAs for Best Entertainment Performance, and Best Entertainment Programme. He presents The Graham Norton Show on BBC1, a show on BBC Radio 2 every Saturday, and is a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Norton won the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards in 2017. Graham's third novel will be published in hardback, eBook, and audiobook in October. Klappentext ** Graham Norton's latest novel Frankie is out now ** 'Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down' THE TIMES 'A compelling and moving story, expertly told ' DAILY EXPRESS 'Magnificent ... his writing is evocative and perfect' MARIAN KEYES A masterly tale of secrets and ill-fated loves set on the coast of Ireland. Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother's presence already fading. And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light. 40 years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet but for the tireless wind that circles her as she hurries further into the darkness away from the cliffs and the sea. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on. This compelling novel confirms Graham Norton's status as a fresh, literary voice, bringing his clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws. Zusammenfassung From the bestselling author of Holding comes another sweeping, evocative tale set on the coast of Ireland....

Vorwort
From the bestselling author of Holding comes another sweeping, evocative tale set on the coast of Ireland.

Klappentext

Graham Norton's latest novel Frankie is out now
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'Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down'** THE TIMES

'A compelling and moving story, expertly told**'** DAILY EXPRESS

'Magnificent ... his writing is evocative and perfect' MARIAN KEYES

A masterly tale of secrets and ill-fated loves set on the coast of Ireland.

Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother's presence already fading. And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light.

40 years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet but for the tireless wind that circles her as she hurries further into the darkness away from the cliffs and the sea. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on.

This compelling novel confirms Graham Norton's status as a fresh, literary voice, bringing his clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws.

Zusammenfassung
From the bestselling author of Holding comes another sweeping, evocative tale set on the coast of Ireland.