MacMahon’s magnificent group of stories, which taken together, reveal a truly outstanding new voice in Irish fiction. From the title story onward, the Irish people and the music of their speech are revealed with stirring beauty and with rich humor.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1949. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 224 pages. Dust jacket in good condition with chipping and edge wear—in protector. Boards and spine clean with some edge wear, bumping to corners and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Bookplate on front paste-down. Pages tanned. Wonderful copy.
