The House of Slamming Doors (Paperback)

26th June,1963; President Kennedy arrives in Dublin to excited crowds. Nearby, in County Kildare, trouble brews at the 'The Hall' as Justin Peregrine Montague, a handsome teenager, is forbidden by his wealthy father from seeing the charming daughter of a Montague estate worker, the one person who really loves him. <p> "A brilliant debut!" (The Sun) </p><p> "Tensions mount relentlessly." (Carol Birch, Times Literary Supplement) </p><p> "Packed with hilarious incident and pathos." (Catherine Taylor, The Guardian) </p><p>"Fantastically funny, sad, just plain magic!" (Emma Fellowes, Downton Abbey) </p><p> "The funniest, most beguiling, cruelly dysfunctional family ever". (John Boorman) </p><p> "As bullets are fired in Dallas, real violence erupts in Kildare." TLS</p>