Book Rec of the Day 3/17/2007

A haunting first novel by a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Ireland. 1970s. Michael is used to the small-town gossip and backbiting of his village, but when a neighbor dies, long-buried secrets and lies are exposed, and Michael discovers the truth about his family. Atmospheric and lyrical, In the Province of Saints brings you back to the mysterious, mystical Ireland of yore.

IN THE PROVINCE OF SAINTS, by Thomas O’Malley (Little Brown, 2005)