Very well crafted stories but all a bit sad, a bit depressing. He recreates the feel of the small lives, the repressed lives of the marginalized, the poor and the forgotten. Particularly poignant are the stories about the last surviving members of the Protestant communities in the Republic of Ireland as they slowly fade away and die. A particular kind of Anglo-Irish desperation. Reminiscent of the lives of some relatives from the Eastern Townships.
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