- Fiction, Literature, Ireland, fiction, Fiction, historical
Ireland, 1846. A boy on a life-changing journey which lives in the mind long after the final page. It is 1846, the height of the Great Hunger, and young Fergus is forced to grow up fast.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Peter Behrens
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 404
- Publisher
- House of Anansi Press, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Canongate Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781847676412
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“Along the Scariff Road, heading northeast toward home, Farmer Carmichael rides his old red mare Sally through the wreck of Ireland.”
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