Winter book reviews
The Colony
by Audrey Magee
Published by Faber & Faber
ISBN 9780571367603
$29.99
An English artist and a French linguist arrive on a remote, lightly populated Irish island. Each escaping their broken family and seeking to transform their professional fortune with studies of this little-known, less-visited place. Profoundly antagonistic towards one another, the islanders are forced to make adjustments for peace, adding to the burden of accommodating the two men with their burgeoning needs and demands. The islanders do so resourcefully and equably, in stark contrast to the escalating Troubles on the mainland, as Republicans and Loyalists murder each other ceaselessly.
This thoughtful novel, adorned with painterly descriptions
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