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The fabled glory and prescence of a great storyteller There is no lack of interest in Irish history, culture, and folklore among Americans. And I am one of those often seen with a book on the subject in his hands. This is the tale of a nine-year-old boy in 1951 caught up into the fabled glory and prescence of a great storyteller. What could be more engaging? This novel is an excellent example of folklore turned into fiction, sort of "faction," the melding of fact and fiction into a beautiful story. As someone partly of an Irish strain, I found the book meaningful on a personal level. I am planning a trip to Ireland and hope to see many of the sites portrayed fictitiously in Frank Delaney's book. I also recommend Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill, and Henry Glassie's All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming, one of the major works on Irish folklore (and folklore in general). ---Reviewed by Dayne Sherman, Author of a new novel, Welcome to the Fallen Paradise