![]() ![]() Moving from the plains of Wyoming to Tennessee, Sebastian Barry’s latest work is a masterpiece of atmosphere and language. Orphans of terrible hardships themselves, the men find these days to be vivid and alive, despite the horrors they see and are complicit in. With his brother in arms, John Cole, Thomas goes on to fight in the Indian Wars-against the Sioux and the Yurok-and, ultimately, the Civil War. Thomas McNulty, aged barely seventeen and having fled the Great Famine in Ireland, signs up for the U.S. Winner, 2017 Costa Book of the Year Awardįrom the two-time Man Booker Prize finalist Sebastian Barry, “a master storyteller” (Wall Street Journal ), comes a powerful new novel of duty and family set against the American Indian and Civil Wars ![]()
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