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Overview"Winston (""Winter"") Crowley is a young Irishman who grows up in Canada, but feels forever bound by family ties to his native Belfast. At the age of (almost) twenty, this boy in a cultural bubble returns to Northern Ireland at the request of his aloof, judgemental father, in a final effort to make things right between them during the course of an extraordinary odyssey, circling Ireland's wind-swept coastal shores. While father and son get to know each other as adults and equals, Winter learns something of the war-torn history of his homeland, the mysterious split within two branches of the family, and the attitudes of the Irish toward modern warfare generally, in a war-torn world. But conflict isn't always resolved with bullets. His father teaches Winston a great deal more, including some shocking truths about the oft-time brutal relationship between love, lust, religion and politics. The story of Winston's voyage is fleshed out with other memories - his comically traumatic circumcision at the age of eight, his meeting with a famous, drunken poet and his chance encounter with a talking horse. Collectively, this weird gallery of colourful snapshots captures the life and times of Winston Crowley, Polymath in the making, named after ""a British National hero and an Irish nut,"" his travels, friends and family, his own ruminations vividly explored. If ever there were such a thing as a story with something for everyone, this is it." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter FlemingPublisher: Austin Macauley Publishers Imprint: Austin Macauley Publishers ISBN: 9781786129277ISBN 10: 1786129272 Pages: 273 Publication Date: 28 February 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Fleming has been teaching and writing professionally his entire adult life. Beginning with journalism and short stories at Brock and McMaster Universities, he moved into professional free-lance journalism and writing book and restaurant reviews for local Hamilton publications, as well as joining the creative team at Multi Media Techniques, a boutique advertising agency. Recently retired from teaching, Peter is a regular contributor of essays, stories and memoirs to The Hamilton Spectator's on-line community platform. He lives in Hamilton Ontario. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |