Terrible Angel: A Novel of Michael Collins in New York

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On August 22, 1922, Michael Collins was assassinated at Beal na mBlath in County Cork. The charismatic Collins was 31 years old and the leader of the Irish Free State. In the previous six years he had been busy: He fought in the 1916 Easter Rebellion, invented the IRA, financed the new Irish state, assassinated the entire British Secret Service in Dublin, and negotiated the treaty that drove the British out of twenty-six counties of Ireland for the first time in 700 years. Terrible Angel, Dermot McEvoy's ...
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On August 22, 1922, Michael Collins was assassinated at Beal na mBlath in County Cork. The charismatic Collins was 31 years old and the leader of the Irish Free State. In the previous six years he had been busy: He fought in the 1916 Easter Rebellion, invented the IRA, financed the new Irish state, assassinated the entire British Secret Service in Dublin, and negotiated the treaty that drove the British out of twenty-six counties of Ireland for the first time in 700 years. Terrible Angel, Dermot McEvoy's suspenseful and lightning-paced romp through New York's streets, finds Collins 70 years after his bloody death desperately seeking to make amends for his violent life by completing one last worldly mission: springing a wrongly accused Irishman from the clutches of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the British MI-5, and a certain life sentence in a British jail. You'll meet a cast of characters who entertain, frighten, and amaze: Tommy Butler-a 275-pound bartender at Greenwich Village's famed Lion's Head saloon, who can tell a tale and handle a thug with equal ease. Earl Holder-a black retired detective first grade, NYPD, with a nose for intelligence and a passion for justice. Sadie Robinson-a homeless woman who becomes Collins's guide to a grimy underworld that few New Yorkers ever see. Naomi Ottinger-the sexy Village bartender who knows what she wants, and she wants Michael Collins. Quentin Quinney-a double-dealing detective in the NYPD's intelligence unit who's after Collins's head. Sir Ian Boxer-Clegg-chief of MI-5's Belfast Division, with a penchant for the more exotic things in life, be they fine wines, young boys, or fugitive Fenians. Dermot McEvoy wasborn in Dublin in 1950 and emigrated to New York with his family in 1954. A graduate of Hunter College, he has worked in publishing his entire career. Terrible Angel is his first novel.
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Publishers Weekly
The great tradition of Irish-American literature welcomes a bright new light with this stunning first novel. Michael Collins is, of course, the Irish revolutionary/terrorist who created the IRA and negotiated the peace treaty with the British that gave rise to the Irish Free State; in 1922, only 31 but already head of state, Collins was killed by rebel forces. In this colorful, suspenseful and moving reimagination by McEvoy, a PW contributing editor, Collins awakens in Heaven after 70 years in Purgatory to be handed a task that will determine his soul's final fate: God, with Michael the Archangel as his intermediary, orders Collins to go to Manhattan to spring from behind bars one Martin Twomey, falsely accused of terrorism and about to be extradited to Britain to stand trial; the hitch is that Collins must not use violence to free Twomey. In New York, Collins makes contact with several IRA sympathizers, confronts several enemies-most notably a corrupt NYPD detective and the sadistic head of MI-5's Belfast Division-and taking inspiration from a common street scam, hatches a clever plan. McEvoy's meticulous depictions of the city's neighborhoods and characters reveal a deep knowledge and love of Gotham, and provide strong grounding for the story's fantastic elements; the salty, witty dialogue expertly sparks the narrative as it surges toward its satisfying conclusion. Most impressive is the author's rich portrayal of Collins, here neither saint nor devil but a flawed, good man struggling to do right without resorting to bloodshed. In Collins's heartfelt, necessarily brief affair with a Jewish bartender, McEvoy captures the poignancy of human temporality; he evokes, in a voice as fresh as sea spray, the indomitable romance of the Irish spirit. (Oct.) Forecast: Strong reviews, stirring cover art and blurbs from Frank McCourt, Pete Hamill and other luminaries are sure to bring significant attention to this novel. The story sings out for screen adaptation. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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In August 1922, Michael Collins, chairman of the Provisional Government and commander in chief of the Irish Free State Army, was assassinated. Seventy years later, newly liberated from purgatory and at the door of heaven, he's told that he has to atone for his violent acts by freeing an innocent Irishman from a lockup by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York. Provided that the reader accepts this premise, is willing to maintain a continuous suspension of disbelief (accepting angels and miraculous events in sometimes awkward juxtaposition with many realistic details), and doesn't mind the meshing of past and present (usually deftly handled), McEvoy's debut is an intriguing tapestry-part recollection of New York in 1914 (during an imagined visit of Collins to the city), part 20th-century Irish history, and part suspense novel. It's the latter that provides the scaffolding for a group of stereotypical New York City characters out to help or hinder the protagonist, including bartenders (male and female), detectives (good and bad), a homeless woman, and the gay chief of MI-5's Belfast Division. A novel of some potential; order where subject matter is of interest to patrons.-Ronnie H. Terpening, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
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Publishing veteran McEvoy envisions what would happen if Michael Collins had come back from the dead to travel to New York in the 1990s. On things that matter, the nuns usually got it right, and it was a lucky break for Irish revolutionary Michael Collins that he remembered the Act of Contrition that the good sisters taught him to recite whenever in danger of death. Murmured with his last breath after rebel forces ambushed him in 1922, it saved Collins from a quick slide to hell and got him into purgatory by the skin of his teeth. But, after 70 years, the heavenly jury is still out: Has he atoned sufficiently for all the killings he committed in the Easter Rising of 1916 and during the civil war that followed? It’s decided that Collins still needs to prove himself, so he’s dispatched to New York with orders to spring one Martin Twomey (falsely accused of IRA activity) from the clutches of the INS, which is about to extradite him to Great Britain (where he will almost certainly be imprisoned for life). If he saves this innocent man without shedding more blood, Collins gets through the pearly gates--otherwise, it’s back to the holding pen. For a man who’s been dead for seven decades, Collins certainly lands on his feet in New York: He makes friends with the bartender at the Lion’s Head, who puts him in touch with the priest who is chaplain to the INS detention center, who gets him in to see Twomey in no time at all. There’s the usual problem of informers, however, and a corrupt NYPD detective who’s in cahoots with British intelligence. But all this is child’s play to someone who outsmarted Winston Churchill. Formulaic and a bit heavy on location (so many New York bars and shops getmentioned it seems like product placement), but a pleasant and amusing debut even so.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781585747429
  • Publisher: Lyons Press, The
  • Publication date: 10/28/2002
  • Edition description: First
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 304
  • Product dimensions: 6.52 (w) x 9.36 (h) x 1.10 (d)

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Dermot McEvoy was born in Dublin in 1950 and emigrated to New York with his family in 1954. A graduate of Hunter College, he's worked in publishing his entire career. Terrible Angel is his first novel.DERMOT MCEVOY, was born in Dublin in 1950 and emigrated to New York with his family in 1954. A graduate of Hunter College, he's worked in publishing his entire career. TERRIBLE ANGEL is his first novel.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 4, 2002

    Original story with memorable characters

    Fiction is blended with history in this story of the great revolutionary, Michael Collins. McEvoy does a fine job of giving the man an honorable, yet flawed personality. The characters that assist Collins in his assigment are unforgettable as well. This author has accomplished a novel that is honest in a genre where it is easy to romanticize.

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