The Promise of Light (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Watkins
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Adventure
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Revolutionaries, Police, New England, Terrorism or terrorists, Torture, Ireland or Irish people, Birthparents
- Locales: Ireland, Rhode Island
Like his previous novels, NIGHT OVER DAY OVER NIGHT, CALM AT SUNSET, CALM AT DAWN, and IN THE BLUE LIGHT OF AFRICAN DREAMS, Paul Watkins’ THE PROMISE OF LIGHT is an adventure story. It takes place in 1921 and centers on the dangerous search for his real father that Benjamin Sheridan, a young Irish American, undertakes.
At a point when his life seems full of hope, Benjamin’s future and his past alike fall apart. He has recently graduated from a university and has been hired by a bank. Moving from his father’s house on Jamestown Island off the Rhode Island mainland, he...
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