[ book tip by ] Karen Gillece is a writer of immense promise, whose work has been marked by great artistic development in a relatively short period of time.

Her novels display insight into the realms of human experience, as evidenced by her ability to portray a wide range of memorable characters. Her writing is rich and nuanced, and she shows a technical mastery of the narrative structure of the novel.

Her voice as a young writer is assured and confident. Her novels are evocative and moving, the dialogue natural and unforced, and she moves seamlessly through complex scene changes and points of view, never losing sight of the direction in which the reader is being taken.

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[ book info ] Gillece, Karen: Longshore Drift. (original language: English) Hachette, Dublin, 2006 . ISBN: 0340841230.