![]() ![]() ![]() Throw Hibernia into the mix, and the danger of hokum and, worse, goopy sentimentality (for which see Malachy McCourt’s History of Ireland, p. ![]() A vivid rendering of Irish history, imagined and real, embracing “blood and bones, legends, guns, and dreams, Catholics, Protestants, England, horses and poets and lovers.”Īny novel not meant for children that opens with a character called the Storyteller and praises at length the necessity of the Storyteller’s art runs the risk of calling undue attention to its author, who is, after all, the real teller. ![]()
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