Three men. Each searching for something they have lost. Each, in his turn, trying to make sense of the road he has chosen. For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will lose their freedom, will become lesser persons. If they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, for some intangible dream of refuge in some faraway land across the merciless sea. Lampy is distracted; he has too much going on. He has Eleanor ...
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Three men. Each searching for something they have lost. Each, in his turn, trying to make sense of the road he has chosen. For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will lose their freedom, will become lesser persons. If they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, for some intangible dream of refuge in some faraway land across the merciless sea. Lampy is distracted; he has too much going on. He has Eleanor for a bit of fun, but she's not Chloe, and Chloe took his heart away when she left him. There's the secret his mother will never tell him. His granddad's little sniping jokes are getting on his wick. And on top of all that, he has a bus to drive; those old folks from the home can't wait all day. The game was always the lifeblood coursing through John's veins: manipulating people for his enjoyment, or his enrichment, or his spite. But it was never enough. The ghost of his beloved brother, and the bitter disappointment of his father, have shadowed him all his life. And now it's cold - so very cold - and that lifeblood is slowing down, and he's not sure if God will listen to his pleas for forgiveness. Three men, searching for some version of home, their lives moving inexorably towards a reckoning that will draw them all together.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 184351737X. SIGNED by the author on the title page (he has also crossed out his printed name on that page). This critically acclaimed author lives in County Limerick, Ireland. This, his fifth book, was issued byThe Lilliput Press of Dublin, Ireland shortly after the Transworld Doubleday UK edition (the publisher's website indicates that this is a limited edition, but does not have the number of copies printed). This Dublin publisher first published "The Spinning Heart, " his first novel 2012. There is no price on the dust jacket of this Lilliput edition, as issued. Original red cloth covers with white spine lettering. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings (just a very tiny crimp to the bottom edge of the rear panel). The dust jacket is now in a protective, removable mylar cover.; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; Signed by Author.
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