Name: The Fall of Light
ISBN: 9780786239450

Niall Williams

The author of the acclaimed novel "Four Letters of Love, " Williams again features a father undone by grandiose dreams. His adventures--which tell the story of Ireland itself--unfold in passionate and vivid scenes with gypsies, horse races, sea voyages, and beautiful women.

The Fall of Light

Francis Foley is a proud, stubborn man, and cannot stand to be beholden to anyone. Quick to anger and slow to forgiveness, it is his temper that, one day, costs his sons their home and their mother. This will not be the last of their losses. Set in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, this title traces the footsteps of the five Foley men.

Janet Doré

Lyrical, poetic, and like a fantastical fable...Niall's writing is incredibly beautiful. A page turner? No. Moving? Absolutely. The story he tells of an Irish family fighting for their survival during the famine in Ireland will touch the deepest part of you...often provoking an ache in your heart or a lump in your throat. (Unless you're in a coma.) The pain of Ireland is palpable on every page of this book.

The Fall of Light

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