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The story draws powerful parallels between marital cruelty and sectarian violence, building through sharp psychological observation of loneliness, fear, and jealousy. Reviews highlight bold ideas, astute commentary on Irish snobbery, and searing depictions of Ireland in the 1970s, culminating in a significant twist toward a satisfying ending.","ONE,DIRECTLY BYTTHE DINNG-ROOM.JT ATTHE MOUNTAINDA PERFECT VIEWR FACE AND HER BSHE STOOD INAPSNIGHTT..SHET(TCA  YFLOWi  ERHATHER  \nADOVN  \nNovelist,broadcaster and journalist Frank Delaney was bornin Ireland.His non-fiction works embrace James Joyce,JohnBetjeman,Boswell and Johnson,the European Middle Agesand the Celtic civilizations.He has lived in Britain for overtwenty years,where he broadcasts frequently on BBC Radioand Television and on the Sky networks.Desire and Pursuitis his fifth full-length novel.  \nTwo first-person narratives twisted together into a fat plaitof a story.I kept turning the pages.'Independent  \n'Powerfully realized...telling parallels between maritalcruelty and sectarian violence.'The Times  \n'Full of big,fat ideas,astute observations on Irish snobberyand searing descriptions of Ireland in the 1970s,all under-scored with sharp psychological touches.The ideas andcharacters seem to hang around the brain a lot longer thanyou might expect.'Sunday Times  \n'A fast-moving story,embellished with such incident that itseems umimaginable that the next page could yield even moreshocks.'Irish Independent  \n'Complex,sharply observed.There is a magnificent twist inthe tail,which brings the story rushing to a satisfying ending.'Irish Times  \nHas the poet's eye for an arresting image,as well as a clearunderstanding of the psychology of loneliness,of fear,ofjealousy.'Magill Magazine  \nBy the same author  \n# Non-Fiction\n\nJAMES JOYCE's oDYSSEYBETJEMAN COUNTRYTHE CELTS  \nA WALK IN THE DARK AGESTHE LEGENDS OF THE CELTSA WALK TO THE WESTERN ISLES-AFTER BOSWELL AND JOHNSON  \n# Fiction\n\nMY DARK ROSALEEN(Novella)THE SINS OF THE MOTHERSTELLING THE PICTURESA STRANGER IN THEIR MIDSTTHE AMETHYSTS  \n# FRANK DELANEY\n\nDesire and Pursuit  \nHarperCollinsPublishers  \nHarperCollinsPublishers77-85 Fulham Palace Road,Hammersmith,London W68JB  \nThe HarperCollins website address is:www.fireandwater.com  \nThis paperback edition 1999135798642  \nFirst published in Great Britain byHarperCollinsPublishers 1998  \nCopyright Frank Delaney 1998  \nFrank Delaney asserts the moral right tobe identified as the author of this work  \nThis novel is entirely a work of fiction.The names,characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of theauthor's imagination.Any resemblance to actual persons,living or dead,events or localities is entirely coincidental  \nISBN0006497861  \nSet in Sabon  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain byCaledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd,Glasgow  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the priorpermission of the publishers.  \nThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way of trade or otherwise,be lent,re-sold,hired out orotherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consentin any form of binding or cover other than that in which itis published and without a similar condition including thiscondition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nFor Patricia Parkin  \nWhat they undertook to doThey brought to pass;  \nAll things hang like a drop of dewUpon a blade of grass.  \nWILLIAM BUTLER YEATS 1865-1939  \n9.10","cbCaisDrei3MYkHA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisDrei3MYkHA","pdf",15090288,404,"English","en",105,"# Desire and Pursuit\n## Author and publication notes\n## Sections: Non-Fiction, Fiction, Frank Delaney","[{\"question\":\"What narrative structure does Desire and Pursuit use?\",\"answer\":\"The novel is told through two interwoven first-person narratives that form a single combined storyline.\"},{\"question\":\"What themes are emphasized in the book?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on marital cruelty alongside sectarian violence, with psychological attention to loneliness, fear, and jealousy.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the setting and tone described by reviewers?\",\"answer\":\"Reviewers point to sharp observations of Irish snobbery and searing descriptions of Ireland in the 1970s, supported by intense psychological detail.\"}]","Desire and Pursuit - Frank Delaney | PDF",1785397249,622,{"code":4,"msg":30,"data":31},"ok",{"site_id":23,"language":22,"slug":32,"title":13,"keywords":33,"description":14,"schema_data":34,"social_meta":85,"head_meta":87,"extra_data":89,"updated_unix":27},"desire-and-pursuit-frank-delaney","",{"@graph":35,"@context":84},[36,53,67],{"@type":37,"itemListElement":38},"BreadcrumbList",[39,43,47,50],{"item":40,"name":41,"@type":42,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":44,"name":45,"@type":42,"position":46},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":42,"position":49},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":42,"position":52},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/desire-and-pursuit-frank-delaney/113995/",4,{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":22,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":61,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":62,"interactionStatistic":63},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":40,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-07-30",true,{"@type":64,"interactionType":65,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":66},"ViewAction",{"@type":68,"mainEntity":69},"FAQPage",[70,76,80],{"name":71,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":73},"What narrative structure does Desire and Pursuit use?","Question",{"text":74,"@type":75},"The novel is told through two interwoven first-person narratives that form a single combined storyline.","Answer",{"name":77,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":78},"What themes are emphasized in the book?",{"text":79,"@type":75},"It focuses on marital cruelty alongside sectarian violence, with psychological attention to loneliness, fear, and jealousy.",{"name":81,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":82},"How is the setting and tone described by reviewers?",{"text":83,"@type":75},"Reviewers point to sharp observations of Irish snobbery and searing descriptions of Ireland in the 1970s, supported by intense psychological detail.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":86,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":88,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":23},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":91},[92,95,99,103,108,113,118,123,128,131,135],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":93,"slug":94},90,"story-novel",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":100,"show_sort_weight":101,"slug":102},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":104,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":114,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":119,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]