A beautifully illustrated retelling of the festive favourite
how to accept oneself despite one's flaws
who was genuinely convinced he was 'surrounded by idiots'
At its centre is Achilles
a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place
Walter Macken: Quench the Moon [2014] paperback DYSLE A beautifully illustrated retelling ofThis is the story of Stephen O'Riordan, a true son of the wild and beautiful land of Connemara, of his hopes and ambitions, and of his passionate and stormy love for Kathleen, sister of his bitterest enemy . . . It is also the story of Ireland after twenty five years of liberty, like Stephen new in its freedom and thought yet primitive in its emotions, its people witty, bawdy, boozy, hard working, loud voiced or gentle but never dull . . .