The Gates

Literature & Fiction

Jennifer Johnston

Literary

Fontana

Mr. Prendergast, an elderly Anglo-Irishman, is living out his last years in the decaying splendour of his family mansion. As his mind wanders through the gloom he finds it peopled with memories of his neglected wife, his pale shadow of a father, his icily glamorous mother and Alexander, the son she so jealously loved, killed in the First World War. With only his ill-tempered alcoholic gardener left to attend to him, Mr. Prendergast is content to pass his days in such ghostly company. Until young Diarmid arrives, keen-eyed and carrot-haired, to disperse the gathering darkness with curiosity, and the promise of friendship.

Captains and the Kings

HarperCollins Distribution Services

James Douglas plans a daring escape from a deserted Coney Island funhouse, where three teen-age racketeers have imprisoned him

How Many Miles to Babylon?

Constance Keating has lived a life of internal exile, alienated from her family and from Ireland.  Now she has returned to her family home to die. While that painful, messy process takes place she replays, like a home movie, the fragments of her past. And, as the festooned Christmas tree awaits its day, so Constance also waits, hoping her child's father will come and that the final outcome will be on her terms.

Christmas Tree

Contemporary

As a child Alec, heir to the big house and only son of a bitter marriage, formed a close friendship with Jerry, a village boy who shared his passion for horses. In 1914 both enlisted in the British Army Alec goaded by his beautiful, cold mother to fight for King and Country, Jerry to learn his trade for the Irish Nationalist cause. But amid the mud of Flanders, their relationship is tested by an ordeal beyond the horror of the battlefield I HAVE NEVER READ A MORE CONVINCING ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES Auberon Waugh

Flamingo

<p>Living in the old house, surrounded only by ghosts of his past, Mr Prendergast seemed himself to be a relic of another, more gracious age. Then Diarmid s arrival signals an end to the measured tedium of his days. The growing friendship between the man and the boy is viewed with more than suspicion by both Diarmid s parents and by Mr Prendergast s righteous neighbours.The thin veneer of civilisation is about to crack... Formidably well done... completely convincing... Extraordinary! GUARDIAN Assured and skilful. SUNDAY TIMES A memorable first novel. SUNDAY EXPRESS Touching, funny... the best first novel I ve read in years. KINGSLEY AMIS</p>

CAPTAINS & KINGS-JOHNSTON

HarperCollins, Publishers

Late summer near Dublin, 1920, and up at the great house there are still cucumber sandwiches for tea. Slipping away from Aunt Mary and dotty Grandfather, 18-year-old Nancy has escaped down to the shore to dream in the beach hut - longing for her life to begin.

The Old Jest

Penguin Books, Ltd.

The Christmas Tree

Joe Logan lives with his parents in Derry, where British soldiers are a familiar sight. One winter, he befriends a newcomer to Derry, lonely school teacher, Kathleen Doherty. His elder brother returns from London with money to spend and a gun in his pocket, and suddenly Joe's childhood is over.

Shadows on Our Skin

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Books by Jennifer Johnston

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The Gates

Captains and the Kings

How Many Miles to Babylon?

Christmas Tree

How Many Miles to Babylon?

CAPTAINS & KINGS-JOHNSTON

Christmas Tree

The Old Jest

The Christmas Tree

Shadows on Our Skin