Everything in this Country Must

<p><b>‘A powerful and moving collection’ Roddy Doyle</b><br><b><br>___________________</b><br><br><br>A group of British soldiers appear to help a farmer and his daughter free their horse from a stream in a flood. A young boy and his mother, under cover of night, painstakingly prepare for the marching season ahead. And a young woman and her son sit over a game of chess in a Galway caravan, their thoughts elsewhere – in the Derry prison where a young man is slowly succumbing to hunger strike.<br><br> <i>Everything in this Country Must</i> reveals the reverberations of political tragedy in the most intimate lives of men and women, parents and children – and confirms Colum McCann as a master storyteller.<br><br><b>‘These are powerful stories – gritty, memorable and ambitious … Goes straight to the heart, both in terms of its theme and its emotional punch’ Edna O’Brien</b><br><br> <b>‘McCann writes with a dazzling blend of menace and heartbreak’ <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>‘McCann returns to Ireland with this collection, turning his measured gaze and incisive prose to the country’s recent history with devastating effect’ Maggie O’Farrell</b></p>