Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however, it proves to be the defining decision of his life when, having witnessed the murder of a fellow RIC policeman, he is wrongly accused of identifying the executioners. With a sentence of death passed over him he is forced to flee Sligo, his friends, family and beloved girl, Viv. What follows is the story of this flight, his subsequent wanderings, and the haunting pull of home that always afflicts him. Tender, witty, troubling and tragic, "The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty" tells the secret history of a lost man.
| ISBN | 0571230148 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780571230143
(What's this?) | | Pages | 320 | | Publisher | Faber and Faber | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Faber and Faber | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 01 Jun 2006 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 823.914 | |
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"'A novel that is tender, acerbic, necessary and potent.' Colum McCann 'Elegant, comical, tragical, musical.' Frank McCourt"
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