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Railway Station Man

Jennifer Johnston
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Ireland
Irish history
love
peace
secrets
suffering
tragedy
war

Product details

  • ISBN 9780747259367
  • Weight: 158g
  • Dimensions: 147 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Aug 1998
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision, and magical intimacy' Sunday Telegraph

Helen has retreated to the remote north-west coast of Ireland to paint the sea and the shore, and to be alone with her past.

English war hero Roger Hawthorne has settled in the neglected railway station house nearby. Though mutilated and sick at heart, with the help of a young lad he has begun painstakingly to restore the derelict branch line station. Soon Roger and Helen form a bond which, over gramophone music, dancing and champagne, deepens into love. But Helen, enjoying her first taste of happiness in years, is to learn just how brutally fleeting it can be.

What readers enjoyed about THE RAILWAY STATION MAN:

'Quality literary fiction by a master in her craft' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'It rates among my most favourites' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
About Jennifer Johnston
Jennifer Johnston, who died in 2025, was one of the foremost Irish writers of her generation. She won the Whitbread Prize (THE OLD JEST), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for THE CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS and HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?). She was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize with SHADOWS ON OUR SKIN.

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