The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

Acclaimed poet and playwright Sebastian Barry’s stunningly beautiful novel combines the pathos of the Irish revolution with the lyrical gentleness of an ordinary Irish man. Eneas McNulty, growing up in poverty in Ireland’s bucolic Sligo, makes the unfortunate mistake of joining the British Army in time for the First World War. Upon his return, the fledgling Irish rebellion brands him a traitor and, when he makes the further error of joining the Royal Irish Constabulary, marks him for death. The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty follows the hapless, but always gentle and humane, hero as he crosses the globe to escape his sentence. The richly evocative power of the novel has mesmerized critics and fans alike.