The Speckled People by Hugo Hamilton

"As a young boy, growing up in Dublin, Hugo Hamilton struggles with the question of what it means to be speckled. The speckled people are, in his father's words, 'the new Irish, partly from Ireland, partly from somewhere else'... Surrounded by fear, guilt, and frequently comic cultural entanglements, Hugo tries to understand the differences between Irish history and German history and to turn the strange logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before the long-buried secrets at the back of the parents' wardrobe have been laid bare"--Jacket. This 2003 Fourth Estate Paperback is in good condition.

ISBN: 9780007148066 SKU: 1579803 This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1579803
Location: Biography