One Day As A Tiger

Anne Haverty

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English

Vintage
03 April 1998

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

'Wonderful... Brilliantly done... I cannot remember when I last so enjoyed or admired a novel' - Literary Review

Winner of the Rooney Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award.

One Day As A Tiger tells the story of Martin Hawkins, a brilliant young historian, who turns his back on a promising academic career and returns to the family sheep-farm in Tipperary where he finds himself at odds with his conscientious brother, Pierce. Hostile to the people around him, and secretly in love with Pierce's restless wife, Etti, Martin begins to harbour strange convictions about an adopted lamb he calls Missy. One of a flock that has been 'improved' with the introduction of human genes, Missy starts to make significant impact on Martin's imagination. When Etti starts to share these sentiments, she and Martin embark on a reckless and terrible adventure.

By: Anne Haverty
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 192g
ISBN: 9780099756217
ISBN 10: 0099756218
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 03 April 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anne Haverty was born in Tipperary and now lives in Dublin. She has published a biography of Constance Markievicz, a collection of poetry, The Beauty of the Moon (a Poetry Book Society recommendation) and a critically-acclaimed work of historical fiction, The Far Side of a Kiss, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and a novel, The Free and Easy.

Reviews for One Day As A Tiger

Distinctive debut novel set in rural Ireland. Don't let this put you off, but its theme of misplaced love and inadequacy is epitomized by the protagonist's affection for a mutant sheep. Marty has abandoned a budding academic career for the family farm because he has a crush on his brother's wife. Trying to avoid facing up to anything, he spends his days fussing over the pet sheep until things are forced (a little awkwardly) to a head. A strikingly confident writer, Haverty has a sharp ear for dialogue and what it conceals. (Kirkus UK)