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This first novel is a tapestry woven from sea, soil, and the souls of a small Irish Catholic parish on the coast of Newfoundland. It is June 24, 1948 - the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the Bringer of Light, commemorated with bonfires ignited on the headlands. Father MacMurrough, newly arrived and desperately lonely, reflects on a failed love affair. Michael Barron, a young mute, falls in love and is puzzled by the way that his life - like the tremendous iceberg he and his friends explore - is turning into a dangerous business. His pious younger brother, Kevin, is terrorized by whispering…
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Editions
6 editions- Paperback · English · 2000Cormorant Books · 400 pages · 9781896951843
- Hardcover · English · 1998Penguin Putnam~trade · 432 pages · 9780241137840
- Hardcover · English · 1996Cormorant Books · 431 pages · 9780920953952
- Other · English · 1999Penguin Books Ltd · 448 pages · 9780140268355
- Other · English · 1999Penguin (Non-Classics) · 464 pages · 9780140281392
- Other · English · 1998Viking · 435 pages · 9780670877669
FictionHistoryCatholicsIrishFishing villagesNew York Times reviewedFiction, generalNewfoundland and labrador, fiction
