Description
From boyhood to manhood big, gentle Mico had but two passions in life - the sea, and a young girl so terrible lovely-lookin' it raised your heart to heaven just to see her smile.
But with a hideous birthmark on his cheek, a Jonah to those he loved, and only the simple life of a fisherman to offer, how could he hope to win Maeve?
The white-capped waves and a great old black bitch of a boat brought the answer . . .
From the author of Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind
About the Author
Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967.
Reviews
Full of dramatic and racy incident * Manchester Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781447270744
Author Walter Macken
Format Hardback
Page Count 302
Imprint Macmillan Bello
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 644g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 21mm
