Death and Nightingales
{{Short description|1992 novel by Eugene McCabe}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Death and Nightingales
| image = Death and Nightingales.jpg
| author = Eugene McCabe
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|caption = 1992 edition
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| country = Ireland
| pages = 240
| language = English
| series =
| published = 1992
|publisher = Vintage Books
| isbn = 074939868X
| followed_by =
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Death and Nightingales is a 1992 novel by Irish writer Eugene McCabe.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNkLGyhB6_4C&q=Death%20and%20Nightingales%20EUGENE%20McCABE|title=Death and Nightingales|first=Eugene|last=McCabe|date=3 December 2008|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|isbn=9781596918559|via=Google Books}}
Plot
1883, County Fermanagh, Ireland. On Beth Winters' twenty-third birthday, decades of pain and betrayal finally build to a devastating climax.{{cite web|url=http://www.easons.com/p-2421481-death-and-nightingales.aspx|title=Death And Nightingales by Eugene McCabe - KOBO9781409002901|access-date=2016-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001182945/http://www.easons.com/p-2421481-death-and-nightingales.aspx|archive-date=2016-10-01|url-status=dead}}
Reception
Michael Ondaatje described Death and Nightingales as "a deeply moving, powerful, and unforgettable book."{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2009/1009/646222-nightingales/|title=Nightingales and Death|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58234-237-5|title=Fiction Book Review: DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES by Eugene McCabe|publisher=}} The Anglo-Celt called it a "modern classic."{{cite web|url=http://www.anglocelt.ie/plus/goingout/articles/2010/11/03/4001206-borderthemed-film-festival-in-dromahair-this-weekend/|title=Anglo Celt - Border-themed film festival in Dromahair this weekend|publisher=|access-date=28 September 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002072813/http://www.anglocelt.ie/plus/goingout/articles/2010/11/03/4001206-borderthemed-film-festival-in-dromahair-this-weekend/|url-status=dead}}
Adaptation
In 2018, a three-part television adaptation with the same name, starring Jamie Dornan, Matthew Rhys and Ann Skelly was broadcast. It was produced by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish's studio, The Imaginarium.