1856: Το Αλγέρι βρίσκεται υπό γαλλική κατοχή και υπάρχει ο φόβος της κήρυξης ιερού πολέμου από το ισλάμ, που θα εμποδίσει τα επεκτατικά πλάνα του Γάλλου αυτοκράτορα. Ο συνταγματάρχης Ντενιό πείθει τον αυτοκράτορα και θέτει σε εφαρμογή το σχέδιό του. Φέρνει στο Αλγέρι το διασημότερο ταχυδακτυλουργ...
Given how well regarded the author's Belfast novels are in NI literary circles, and how much I enjoyed them, I decided a while ago to read all of his books-I've now read ten of his published works, and can't really say that this one was anywhere near as enjoyable as some of the others.Essentially...
In a key scene, Father Paul Michel's mother, devout throughout her life, but on her death-bed in Quebec, tells her son that she has lost her faith: there is no other life.Back on the Caribbean island of Ganae, Jeannot, whom Father Michel has raised from poverty to the priesthood, seems more conce...
This was the latest of my monthly Brian Moore reads, having come to the Belfast born novelist through his Belfast based books, as I have a specific interest in fiction set in the city.This novel has nothing to do with Belfast or NI however; the protagonist, Ginger Coffey, is a recent immigrant to...