The shadowy figure of the dancer reappears while his son, The Gambler of the title, struggles through to early manhood. The nerve ends of the city and its inhabitants are exposed with breadth and vigour and psychological acuity. At once disquieting and deeply resonant, the desperate plight of these characters creates a vivid sense of time and place, where the tortuous forces of life are brought down to bear on this Dublin family. In The Gambler a powerful creative imagination is at work.
The Narrow Land
This is a story about loneliness and regret and the attempt to hold onto the American Dream in the post-war era. It is also the story of a troubled marriage and a fictional study of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
