A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello #literature as well as the political

as well as the political context in which it was made

ISBN: 9780007256037Extent: 544 pages

while bringing a deep humanity to his subject

There is no returning to a Golden Age of nature

A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello #literature as well as the politicalMy name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life my adult life, that is which, from this vantage point of forty five years, I often find baffling . . . In 1985 Dublin, nineteen year old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Anna is introverted and nave, and Peter's experience, wide circle of friends and thirst for adventure captivate her. Her obsessive longing for him