''Gráinne'' is a novel by

Keith Roberts Keith John Kingston Roberts (20 September 1935 – 5 October 2000) was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of ''Science Fantasy'' magazine, "Anita" (the first of a series of stor ...

published in 1987.

Plot summary

''Gráinne'' is a novel in which Alastair Bevan sees his one-time lover Gráinne achieve fame on television, establish a cult, and then die to achieve immortality as a myth.

Reception

Dave Langford David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science-fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'' and holds the all-time record for most Hug ...

reviewed ''Gráinne'' for ''

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'' #90, and stated that "The final, haunting images effectively combined fairy mounds and World War III, but didn't overcome my frustration: Gráinne's barely-glimpsed story fails to conquer the dead weight of Bevan's autobiographical longueurs."

Reviews

*Review by Helen McNabb (1987) in

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139 *Review by Lee Montgomerie (1987) in Interzone, #21 Autumn 1987 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1988) in

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, #101 February 1988

References

{{reflist 1987 novels