Brendan Malone: The Last Fenian

by Marina J. Neary

Overview

Based on true historical events, "Brendan Malone: The Last Fenian" is a folkloric satire examining the dark, destructive side of paternal love. Roscommon, Ireland-1910. A string of crop failures and botched rebellions had left the country a pitiful wasteland. Brendan Malone, a struggling Gaelic landlord and memberof the secret Irish Republican Brotherhood, succumbs to a midlife flare-up of nationalism, while his two sons climb the academic Olympus at University College Dublin. Dylan, primitive and compliant, clings to his overbearing father, while Hugh, anglicized beyond recognition, harbors his own ambitions that do not include liberating his native land. "M.J. Neary has added a well-crafted and finely researched novel to the genre." --Kenneth Weene, author of "Memoirs From The Asylum" "gripping read from beginning to end" --Gary Inbinder, author of "Confessions of the Creature The author has brought a difficult period of Irish history to life through a combination of historical and fictional characters. --Jim Dougherty, President of "The Wild Goose

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012801012
Publisher:	All Things That Matter Press
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	191 KB

About the Author

I am an award-winning historical essayist, multilingual arts & entertainment journalist, published poet, playwright, actress, dancer and choreographer. My historical tragicomedy Hugo in London featuring the adventures of the French literary genius in England during the Crimean War was produced in Greenwich in 2008. A sequel, Lady with a Lamp: an Untold Story of Florence Nightingale, is premiering in New York in the fall of 2009.

Editorial Reviews

Brendan Malone is a tragedy set in Ireland during the decade preceding the Easter Rebellion of 1916. With an understanding of the political and socio-economic conflicts of the period, Marina Neary skillfully weaves a dramatic narrative of a house divided, love and hatred, betrayal and revenge, guilt and expiation. Intellectually engaging, intense and visceral, Brendan Malone is a gripping read from beginning to end.
Gary Inbinder, author of Confessions of the Creature

Gary H. Inbinder

For hundreds of years the British tried to conquer Ireland and the Irish fought back. From that struggle great legends appeared: tales of heroes and traitors, of love and suffering, and always, always of the human spirit. With Brendan Malone M.J. Neary has added a well-crafted and finely researched novel to the genre. I was honored to write a back cover blurb for this excellent book and am even more pleased to recommend it here.(Kenneth Weene author: Widow's Walk and Memoirs From the Asylum)

Kenneth Weene