| A Long Long Way | |
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1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Sebastian Barry |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | War |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | February 3, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) & Paperback |
| Pages | 292 pp |
| ISBN | 0670033804 |
| OCLC Number | 57392246 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.914 22 |
| LC Classification | PR6052.A729 L66 2005 |
| Preceded by | Annie Dunne |
| Followed by | The Secret Scripture |
A Long Long Way is a novel by Irish author Sebastian Barry set during the First World War. The protagonist Willie Dunne leaves Dublin to fight for the Allies as a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He is caught between the war playing out on foreign fields and that festering at home, waiting to erupt with the Easter Rising.
The novel was short listed for the Booker Prize[1] in 2005.
In a 2009 US National Public Radio interview, author R. L. Stine stated that A Long Long Way was one of the most beautifully written books he had ever read, and gave copies of the novel to friends and family to read.
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