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Title: Nuala and her spear-carrier spin another good yarn
Review: Greeley does such a great job of creating historical back story. This time he weaves a tale of two "glinty-eyed" Irishmen together in a way that you really don't even mind the chatter of Nuala's spear-carrier husband, Dermot. Having those fey women in my own family, I understand how he feels nevertheless. Nuala and her brood can be hilarious at one turn and mauldlin the next. Life is never dull. It's Nuala's determination to "fix" anything that offends her sense of rightness. You have to love her fight and how Greeley deftly drops his politics into the fray.The two stories don't parallel as well as some of the previous novels, and that's the only fault I find. Still, the story of Timmy and his lady in war-ravaged Berlin will bring an Irish smile to just about any face.Okay, it's not Joyce or Yeats, but it's damned good fun.
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