Authors: Deirdre Madden
Hidden Symptoms (12 page)
Deirdre Madden is from Toomebridge, Co. Antrim. Her novels include
The Birds of Innocent Wood, Nothing is Black, One by One in the Darkness,
which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and
Authenticity
. Her novel
Molly Fox’s Birthday
also was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She teaches at Trinity College, Dublin and is a member of the Irish Arts Academy Aosdana.
First published in the USA in 1986 by The Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston/New York
Hidden Symptoms was first published in Great Britain in 1987 in
First Fictions: Introduction 9
(Faber and Faber)
Published in paperback in 1988 by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2012
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