Walter Macken: Quench the Moon [2014] paperback DYSLE a particularly impressive trick seeing

a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place

A beautifully illustrated retelling of the festive favourite

'Charming and unpredictable

how his decline soundtracked the end of Pop and the end of American Imperialism

Walter Macken: Quench the Moon [2014] paperback DYSLE a particularly impressive trick seeingThis is the story of Stephen O'Riordan, a true son of the wild and beautiful land of Connemara, of his hopes and ambitions, and of his passionate and stormy love for Kathleen, sister of his bitterest enemy . . . It is also the story of Ireland after twenty five years of liberty, like Stephen new in its freedom and thought yet primitive in its emotions, its people witty, bawdy, boozy, hard working, loud voiced or gentle but never dull . . .