The Mangan Inheritance (Paperback) by Brian Moore, Christopher Ricks

from DavidWylie

For a three times Booker short listed author, Brian Moore is not well known - or remembered - in his homeland of Northern Ireland. His permanent migration to North America may partly explain (generally only indulged for sportspeople and musicians); as may his somewhat conflicted relationship with...

from orzo

I was stunned and trapped by reading this book. What really got me is that the main character, James Mangan, has endless issues about himself, and that not in a selfish way, more in a doubting point of view. His identity is blurred and defined by "others" who seems to be certain, until they chang...

from charlie68

Good read, although a little steamy and perhaps a little salacious, but the ending was quite satisfying.