Dr James
Woodbury Rowe, the lord mentor and anglophile in residence at The Rockaway
Park Philosophical Society, nonetheless savors his celebration of St
Patrick's Day because it isn't a legal holiday at all. To enjoy St
Patrick's Day you have to goof-off. This the Mentor teaches the society
gingerly should enjoy. |
| it's an end and a beginning,,, the first world war
is ending,,, and a new even dirtier war has begun,,, |
Fullosia Press Special: End of the HuntThomas Flanagan's
story of the Irish war for independence brings you from the ambushes at
remote rural cross-roads to the seats of power following the lifeline
principally of Janice Nuggent a war widow both of Ireland's support of the
English cause on the European continent and of the war for Independence
that followed.
The foremat is unique. End of the Hunt is a novel told as a collection
of short stories or voices each contributing a unique viewpoint on the
world shattering events around them.
Yet even the elusive final peace is riddled with irony and tragedy.
Says the Judge of the High Court to Janice, I see the barristers who
appear before me daily and all I see is the blood under their nails.
see also
Triumph and Tragedy |