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Ghost Wedding

By David Park
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For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan, and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel, Ghost Wedding, following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts that haunt a beautiful Irish manor. George Allenby is still wrestling with his experiences as an officer... Read More
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A poignant story of love and regret, from a master of contemporary Irish fiction

A poignant story of love and regret, from a master of contemporary Irish fiction

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For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan, and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel, Ghost Wedding, following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts that haunt a beautiful Irish manor.

George Allenby is still wrestling with his experiences as an officer during the First World War when he is sent by his employers to construct a lake at the Manor House, home of the newly rich Remington family. The construction process raises traumatic memories that he isn't yet prepared to face, but solace emerges in the unlikely form of Cora, a maid in the grand home.

Almost a century later, Alex and Ellie are planning their wedding in the grounds of the Manor House. But like Allenby before him, Alex is haunted by a secret that threatens to destroy the life he has built. As the day of his wedding approaches, he must decide whether to tell Ellie about the evening he will always regret.

In this masterful portrait of love and betrayal, David Park reveals the many ways the past seeps into the present: destructive, formidable, but also hopeful, in the many moments of fragile beauty that remain.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780861549986

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oneworld Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

David Park is the author of ten novels, a novella and two collections of short stories. His first novel The Healing (Jonathan Cape 1992) won the Authors’ Club First Novel Award, and his novel Travelling in a Strange Land, won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2019 and was longlisted for The International Dublin Literary Award. He has been shortlisted four times for the Irish Novel of the year and longlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Competition. His work has featured on BBC Radio 4, both as short stories and twice as the Book at Bedtime, and is published widely in translation. He is an Honorary Fellow in the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University, Belfast.

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