This is from the bestselling author of The Secret Scripture, a heartbreaking story of lost love. Jack McNulty, a former UN observer, has worked around the world and seen extraordinary things but, as he contemplates his return to Ireland after many years, his memories are dominated by his tumultuous marriage to Mai Kirwan. A great beauty with a vivid mind, Mai was also an elusive and troubled soul, stuck in a marriage that couldn't last. The Temporary Gentleman is a powerful account of one man's attempt to come to terms with the savage realities of the past.
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Sebastian Barry nació en Dublín en 1955. Sus novelas y obras de teatro han recibido numerosos galardones, entre los que destacan el Kerry Irish Fiction Prize, el Irish Book Awards Best Novel, el Independent Booksellers Prize y el James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Tres de sus novelas han sido finalistas del Premio Man Booker: " A Long Long Way " (2005), " La escritura secreta " (2008) y " Días sin final " (2016), estas dos últimas también ganadoras del Premio Costa. " Días sin final " también ha recibido además el premio Walter Scott de Ficción Histórica 2017. Sebastian Barry vive en Wicklow (Irlanda).