New collections by Anne Fitzgerald and David Troupes, reviewed by John North - The Manchester Review | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it

Anne Fitzgerald’s Beyond the Sea. Here are the mind-blowing first few lines of ‘Dévotion’:

It makes sense all the same when you think of it. Born
on the feast of finding the true cross, he’d always felt
a direct line, so to speak. Since Johnny gave up the drink
he’s killed worrying them blasted rosary beads to death […]