Broken Irish

"Epic in its scope but relentlessly compelling in its storytelling—not a common combination— Broken Irish is a splendidly readable and richly textured novel. Edward J. Delaney is an enormously gifted writer." — Robert Olen Butler , author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain and Perfume River "Truly indelible. . . . [Delaney] cares about details and understands their importance to the larger themes of loss, desperation, and betrayed loyalties. His characters are not merely vehicles for ideas,