![]() Rural Ireland is still a place young men want to escape from: ‘The rest are hanging themselves, or they’re getting drunk and driving into ditches, or they’re overdosing on the aul’ heroin, or they’re packing their bags,’ Cal’s neighbour Mart tells him. The Searcher is her first book not to be set in Dublin, and though she relishes the spare beauty of the landscape, her interest is in the relationship between the land and the people who spend their lives working it. ![]() As Cal digs deeper, it appears that there is not merely a lack of interest in uncovering the truth about Brendan’s disappearance but an active closing of ranks against anyone who tries.įrench’s novels frequently consider questions of identity, and what happens to characters when their sense of self is tested to breaking point. The community regards Trey’s family as ‘wasters’. ![]() He does, of course a local kid, Trey, whose brother Brendan has been missing for six months, drafts Cal into helping to solve the mystery. In its reviews of the novel, Kirkus praised its mix of police procedures, psychological thrills and gothic romance beautifully woven into one stunning story. ![]()
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