Author: | Francis Hagan | ISBN: | 9781465799395 |
Publisher: | Francis Hagan | Publication: | January 21, 2012 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | Francis Hagan |
ISBN: | 9781465799395 |
Publisher: | Francis Hagan |
Publication: | January 21, 2012 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
Spain, 1949, now exhausted after a bitter Civil War and adrift from a Europe devasted by WWII,and Bill Alexander arrives fresh from University to catalogue and order an ancient collection of dusty books. Here, in the manorial estate of the blind 'Averroes', skirted by his daughter, Mira, Bill Alexander falls prey to whimsy and revelation as father and daughter use him to fight out a long-seated bitterness. Bill, however, has a secret all his own and it is one which will threaten their very world.
Spain, 1949, now exhausted after a bitter Civil War and adrift from a Europe devasted by WWII,and Bill Alexander arrives fresh from University to catalogue and order an ancient collection of dusty books. Here, in the manorial estate of the blind 'Averroes', skirted by his daughter, Mira, Bill Alexander falls prey to whimsy and revelation as father and daughter use him to fight out a long-seated bitterness. Bill, however, has a secret all his own and it is one which will threaten their very world.