By Theresa Kishkan
Short-listed for the 2005 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
Declan O’Malley got here to the coast of British Columbia since it used to be as distant from eire as he may be able to move. Haunted through thoughts of his family’s loss of life by the hands of the Black and Tans, Declan is not able to flee his grief. He immerses himself in a brand new lifestyles, trying to produce a extra ideal translation of Homer’s Odyssey whereas whilst changing into towards the relatives on whose estate he's residing. yet Declan can't loose himself from his prior, and whilst eire beckons, he's interested in his personal historical past and to the chance for a happier future.
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