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The vogue / Eoin McNamee.

By: Publication details: London : Faber & Faber, 2018.Description: 266 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780571331604
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6063.C63 V64 2018
Summary: Late 1944, and two teenagers dance the Vogue in silence on the projectionist's floor of the Cranfield Aerodrome. She draws the outlines of their footwork in eyebrow pencil on the white sheet. He loses their bet. Decades later, a ghost returns to Mourne to identify a body found in the shifting sands. Names have long since been changed, children long since cast out, lies long thought forgotten. Set against an eerie landscape, awash with secrets, 'The Vogue' is a grimly poetic dance through the intertwined stories of a deeply religious community, an abandoned military base, and a long-shuttered children's care home.
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Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Fiction - Adventure MACN Available 069033
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"A wonderfully eerie, tragic read. I read it with my heart in my mouth - Anna Burns" - cover.

Late 1944, and two teenagers dance the Vogue in silence on the projectionist's floor of the Cranfield Aerodrome. She draws the outlines of their footwork in eyebrow pencil on the white sheet. He loses their bet. Decades later, a ghost returns to Mourne to identify a body found in the shifting sands. Names have long since been changed, children long since cast out, lies long thought forgotten. Set against an eerie landscape, awash with secrets, 'The Vogue' is a grimly poetic dance through the intertwined stories of a deeply religious community, an abandoned military base, and a long-shuttered children's care home.

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