In the Blue House

8vo. Pp. [x], 304, [6]. Pictorial wraps.

Signed by Author to title page.

Winner of the 2001 Saltire First Novel Award and the 2002 Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book (South East Asia and South Pacific Region). Long-listed for the 2001 Orange Prize. Delahunt's literary debut. Focuses on Leon Trotsky's final years in Mexico as he finds brief refuge among artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. "This ambitious novel lyrically and movingly shows the indivisibility of the individual and history." –The Good Book Guide, June 2002