The Rag Tree: A Novel of Ireland

The Rag Tree: A Novel of Ireland

D.P. Costelloâ€™s spellbinding novel, The Rag Tree, breathes dark, vivid life into Irelandâ€™s passionate legends. Crisp and sharp-witted, Costelloâ€™s tale probes a modern Ireland torn between letting go of time-honored dreams and embracing the promises of a prosperous New Ireland. Even as they struggle against one another, the Irish Special Branch, the British Army, Scotland Yard, and the I.R.A. find themselves forced to ally against a common foe: The Rag Man. Mattie Joe Treacy is the Rag Man. Engrossed in a desperate quest to find his missing father, Mattie Joe is cursedâ€”by the playboyâ€™s life of drink and carousing, by his familyâ€™s staunch adherence to Irelandâ€™s old folk ways, and by a family curse hurled at his clan generations ago. The Curse of the Oâ€™Neills, invoked by an angry cleric against Mattie Joeâ€™s great-grandfather, declares that, â€œthe eldest son will not survive the father.â€ No Treacy son has since outlived his father, and Mattie Joe is next in line to die. Or is he?
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-04-03
Format Kindle eBook

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