Book description
In a wind-battered Mayo cottage, playwright Jack Ferris tries to
salvage something from his broken love affair with Catherine Adams.
Drink and despair drove her away; can his imagination call her back? But
as he summons up her past, Jack finds he has also called up Catherine's
RUC father and a whole dangerous world of opposed traditions. Dermot
Healy was born in Finea, Co. Westmeath, in 1947. He is the author of the
story collection
Banished Misfortune
(1982), which won two Hennessy Awards and the Tom Gallon Award, a novel,
Fighting with Shadows
(1984), and a poetry collection, The Ballyconnell Colours
(1992). He wrote the screenplay for Cathal Black's film about the
Christian Brothers, Our Boys
, and his plays include The Long Swim,
On Broken Wings
and Last Night's Fun.
He has edited two journals, The Drumlin
and Force 10
, which was singled out for praise as one of Ireland's best community
arts journals. A Goat's Song
won the 1994 Encore Award for the best second novel. His most recent
book, The Bend for Home
was published by Harvill in 1996. He is a member of Aosdána and lives
near Sligo.
