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FIRST FONTANA PAPERBACKS EDITION.1982 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK, British import. Jennifer Johnston (Fool's A Novel). In County Wicklow, south of Dublin, Mr. Prendergast lives alone in the Big House of his village. A remnant of the long-gone days of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, Prendergast’s mansion has been witness to many of the most important years of his life, including his childhood, marked by his mother’s open preference for his older brother, Alexander. Following Alexander’s death in the First World War, Prendergast traveled the world, returning home decades later to a greatly changed place. - Amazon