Destiny of Dreams

A novel about a boy growing up in rural Ireland set in the fifties and sixties. With a lyrical voice the narrator recreates adult memories of a magical childhood shadowed by a tragic event.'The ship of reminiscence does not just sail at us directly. There is a lot of lyricism and poetry about it.'Fred Johnson, Poet.'Small town life, the perennial problems of youth alienation, sexual guilt and adolescent angst. Haunting and beautiful.'Ferdia Mac Anna, Recent Paperbacks.'A magical book of growing up in Kerry, full of wonder of words and images that seem to flow naturally in the blood of writers from Cahirciveen and Listowel. Set in the fifties and sixties; 'terror of innocence: hung between the myth and the madness. Warned to go to Christ and warned to stay away from Coffey the tinker. And, Anna cradling back in the crook of my arms.'It's a story that haunts with a familiar but very different rhythm.'Evening Herald.'a dab hand when it comes to a turn of phrase, rendering with precision what has been said, just so, while at the same time evoking all that goes without saying.'Katharine Weber, New York Times: Sunday Book Review.