An Answer from Limbo

Brian Moore

earliest edition we have, 1962 PaperJacks, 1973 269 pages

The central character in the book is Brendan Tierney, a young Irish writer living in New York City with his American wife and their two children. Tierney is working on his first novel. For him to write full-time, his wife must work; he invites his widowed mother over from Ireland to look after the children. Conflicts arise when the mother finds that her own lifestyle, values and sense of morality are at odds with wha...

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Editions we hold

An answer from limbo edition · 1992 · Paladin · 284 pages
Die Antwort der Hölle paperback · 1991 · Diogenes Verlag · 9783257219982
ANSWER FROM LIMBO paperback · 1986 · DEUTSCH · 320 pages · 9780233979359
An Answer From Limbo (New Press Canadian Classics) paperback · 1982 · General Publishing · 9780773670198
An Answer from Limbo hardcover · 1978 · McClelland & Stewart · 319 pages
An answer from limbo edition · 1973 · PaperJacks · 269 pages
An answer from Limbo edition · 1973 · Quartet Books · 269 pages
An answer from limbo edition · 1963 · Deutsch · 319 pages

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