Excerpts from Reviews

‘‘This will lie around for a few years and then be declared a Modern Classic.’’ Amazon.co.uk reader

‘‘a passionate, erotic, mature novel.’’ Ronan Sheehan

‘‘stands shoulder to shoulder with the very best Irish fiction of the last few years.’’ Colin Lacey, The Irish Voice, New York

‘‘It’s a book I’ve read now three or four times, and it has that really magnificent quality that great novels have, where you find yourself thinking about them a few weeks after you finish reading them.’’ Joseph O’Connor

‘‘An Irish love story for the 1990s.’’ Anthony Glavin