| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 56 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Hillary Huber. |
| Summary |
The Night Swimmer, Matt Bondurant's utterly riveting modern gothic novel of marriage and belonging, confirms his gift for storytelling that transports and enthralls. In a small town on the southern coast of Ireland, an isolated place only frequented by fishermen and the occasional group of bird-watchers, Fred and Elly Bulkington, newly arrived from Vermont having won a pub in a contest, encounter a wild, strange land shaped by the pounding storms of the North Atlantic, as well as the native resistance to strangers. As Fred revels in the life of a new pub owner, Elly takes the ferry out to a nearby island where anyone not born there is called a "blow-in." To the disbelief of the locals, Elly devotes herself to open-water swimming, pushing herself to the limit and crossing unseen boundaries that drive her into the heart of the island's troubles-the mysterious tragedy that shrouds its inhabitants and the dangerous feud between an enigmatic farmer and a powerful clan that has no use for outsiders. The poignant unraveling of a marriage, the fierce beauty of the natural world, the mysterious power of Irish lore, and the gripping story of strangers in a strange land rife with intrigue and violence makes The Night Swimmer a novel of myriad enchantments by a writer of extraordinary talent. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Americans -- Ireland -- Cork -- Fiction.
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Suicide -- Fiction.
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Cork (Ireland) -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Suspense fiction.
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| Added Author |
Huber, Hillary. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982462697 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982462698 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11635728 |
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