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The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leached into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune, and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her. But of all those who had contact with her, none suffered more than the wife and son of V. J. Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat? Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to linger, and Gil Sweeney has become obsessed with finding out what really happened when he was a little boy of eight . . . -The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leeched into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune; and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her. But of all those who had contact with her, none suffered more than the wife and son of VJ Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat?Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to l… (més)
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Jag vet inget om författaren Gemma O'Connor, mer än att hon är irländska bosatt i Oxford i England. "Following the Wake" utspelar sig också på dessa platser, om än fokus ligger på en liten ö någonstans i södra Irland. O'Connor har valt att skildra vad hon tror kan hända inom en familj om en traumatisk upplevelse för en åttaåring förtigs, och han tio år senare börjar minnas. Processen när pojken/den unge mannen börjar minnnas är spännande att följa och skildrad ganska rafinerat. Men beskrivningarna avrelationerna mellan föräldrarna nu, och deras relationer till sina barn och till vänner som var med då, redan för tio år sedan, är mycket ordrik och - i mitt tycke - tråkig. Det känns som man deltar i skvaller om någon man vet har det svårt. Mer intressant än så blir det inte.
Så det är lite blandade känslor denna berättelse givit mig. ( )
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See him! Whom?... / See him! How?... / See it! What? His innocence. / Look! Look where? On our offence. / See him filled with love... / / Break in grief, thou loving heart; / For a child whom thou didst nourish, / Yea, a friend whom thou didst cherish, / Gathers wicked foes around thee / And doth lika a serpent around thee. - Chosrus 1 Aria 12; from J.S. Bach: "St Matthew Passion"
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Mr. Recaldo is the popular crime writer Frank Ventry.
The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leached into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune, and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her. But of all those who had contact with her, none suffered more than the wife and son of V. J. Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat? Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to linger, and Gil Sweeney has become obsessed with finding out what really happened when he was a little boy of eight . . . -The fallout from Evangeline Walter's murder touched everyone who knew her, as if her venom had insidiously leeched into their lives and poisoned their happiness. Even her cousin, Murray McGraw, who had a genuine affection for her, was not immune; and neither was Smiler O'Dowd, who loved her. But of all those who had contact with her, none suffered more than the wife and son of VJ Sweeney, who drowned at sea before he could be charged with her killing. Was it all too neat?Ten years on, the sense of unfinished business continues to l
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O'Connor har valt att skildra vad hon tror kan hända inom en familj om en traumatisk upplevelse för en åttaåring förtigs, och han tio år senare börjar minnas. Processen när pojken/den unge mannen börjar minnnas är spännande att följa och skildrad ganska rafinerat. Men beskrivningarna avrelationerna mellan föräldrarna nu, och deras relationer till sina barn och till vänner som var med då, redan för tio år sedan, är mycket ordrik och - i mitt tycke - tråkig. Det känns som man deltar i skvaller om någon man vet har det svårt. Mer intressant än så blir det inte.
Så det är lite blandade känslor denna berättelse givit mig. (