THE PIPES ARE CALLING is a complex, enjoyable, sensitive and intriguing novel. I love the way in which all the strands of story come together expertly at the end. McNeil's writing displays a sound ear for sharp dialogue and wry humour but it was her lyrical talent which moved me to read this novel in one sitting. Alice Thompson, Scottish novelist When the Irish Troubles start rumbling in 1960, a young Irish girl finds herself exiled in Scotland. Grainne Kelly tries to embrace her new country wholeheartedly, but does not fit ...
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THE PIPES ARE CALLING is a complex, enjoyable, sensitive and intriguing novel. I love the way in which all the strands of story come together expertly at the end. McNeil's writing displays a sound ear for sharp dialogue and wry humour but it was her lyrical talent which moved me to read this novel in one sitting. Alice Thompson, Scottish novelist When the Irish Troubles start rumbling in 1960, a young Irish girl finds herself exiled in Scotland. Grainne Kelly tries to embrace her new country wholeheartedly, but does not fit in despite all her efforts to lose her identity and cut all ties with the past. But when the Troubles reach out to destroy her family, she is inexorably drawn into a world of terror and deceit which ends in tragedy. On the way she finds love against the odds but her love of Pat Molloy is inextricably interwoven with love of Ireland the country she tried to abandon. This is an important book. It gives a new perspective on the Irish Troubles. Malachi O'Doherty, Irish writer and broadcaster
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