Alice Falling A Novel [Paperback]

All her life Alice has had to fight to survive. As a child she was sexually abused by the family priest; later she struggled to cope with the death of her sister. But when she marries the wealthy and dangerous Paddy Lynch, she discovers the darkness of his own emotional pain.Like Edna O'Brien, William Wall is particularly good at evoking extremes. . . .An Irish version of Rick Moody'sWall commands a plethora of unpalatable darknesses to tell this story. . . . Yet surprisingly, while this book is certainly disturbing, it never seems bleak or oppressive. This is largely due to Wall's poetic handling of words, which suffuses the book with a lyrical rhythm.In the tradition of Ian McEwan, an unsettling tale of emotional damage and revenge in a brash and brutal new Ireland.