
Warrenpoint is a memoir, and more than a memoir: with moments of novelistic narrative and lyricism wedded to musings on the aesthetic and theological themes of the author's coming of age--filial piety, original sin, a child's perceptions, and then the nature of terrorism,...

"An austerely spirited piece of writing, mixing memory and reflection, autobiographical narrative, and intellectual substance in a fresh way". -- Irving Howe"Altogether remarkable ... Donoghue is one of the ablest critics writing today .... As an unexpected story of total love...


