Mortal Friends

by James Carroll

Overview

From the author of the National Book Award–winning An American Requiem and the classic bestseller Constantine’s Sword comes the story of Colman Brady, an Irish farmer who involves himself in the Irish rebellion of the early 1920s and later escapes to Boston where he rises to and falls from political power and seeks a second chance through the life of his son.

Richly imagined scenes, a complex plot, and masterful writing combine fact and fiction; characters like Mayor Curley of Boston and the Kennedys come to life in this classic saga of Irish-America as seen through the eyes of one revolutionary as he makes the daring choices that will shape not only his fate, but his beloved son’s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798200923977
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Pages:	1280
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

James Carroll is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Cloister, and nine works of nonfiction. For twenty-three years he published a weekly op-ed column in the Boston Globe. Other books include the National Book Award–winning An American Requiem; the New York Times bestselling Constantine’s Sword, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; House of War, winner of the PEN/Galbraith Award; and Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Carroll is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and an associate of the Mahindras Humanities Center at Harvard University. He lives in Boston with his wife, the writer Alexandra Marshall. Visit him at www.JamesCarroll.net.

What People are Saying About This

Doris Goodwin Kearns

"This is in Colman Brady's confrontation with his conscience, finally that 'Mortal Friends' becomes more than a compelling ethnic novel or a timeless immigrant story or simply fiction about a great American city. When Brady faces the consequences of all his choices, especially as they affect his own family, his limits as a human being are laid bare. But so is his nobility. Triumphs and betrayal are built into the human condition as occassions of each other, and the conflict arises from that paradox is the one struggle from which Brady never flees."

John Barkham

"The best (novel) to come out of Irish Boston since Edwin O'Connor's 'The Last Hurrar.'"

Editorial Reviews

The Irish Godfather.”

Boston Globe