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Book still in a good condition - Cover shows wear. >>> This astonishingly powerful novel follows H on a spiritual quest for revelation and redemption, from his disastrous marriage to Iseult Gonne, the Irish Civil War and internment, to his life as a writer, poultry farmer, racehorse owner and bohemian in 1930s London, and his arrival in Hitler's Germany in 1940. Arrested after the war, the 'outsider' at last finds himself 'alone and free, passionately involved in my own living fiction. (Goodreads) >>> Compelling and true account of an Irish poet and novelist's belief that to create and be original he should not only take no heed of the norm but even take measures to place himself beyond the pale. Known to Yates (who appears in the book) as the Dunce who married Maud Gonn's daughter, the promising young poet H finds himself incarcerated by the new Irish Free State as an Irregular during the War of Independence. Interred in the Curragh he writes his first novel. Feeling familial responsibility on the eve of WW2 he ends up in Germany where he broadcasts Nazi propaganda to Ireland. His numerous affairs are detailed as his obsessions and prejudices. H is a thoroughly unlikable character, selfish, immature and ultimately wrong on all accounts. Interesting take on early 20th century Ireland including neutrality and the presence of small numbers of Irish in Germany during the war years. The infamous Lord Haw Haw also makes a cameo. I liked it! (Kieran Power on Goodreads) * Biography *
