Liam has died, ostensibly of drink but maybe of other things too. His sister Victoria, closest to him of all eight siblings, retraces the steps leading to his death and in the process uncovers layers of this chaotic Irish family's history, some real, some with the potency of imagined truth. Hopping from present to past, fantasy to reality, questioning the reliability of memory and how it affects our beliefs, this is a gloriously rich brew.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 44 February 2008 ) |
