Joseph O'Neill
malignd at aol.com
malignd at aol.com
Wed Feb 1 17:14:29 CST 2012
Had this friend Sam back in the seventies and eighties in NY and we were both GR fans (and avid readers), the only ones (GR fans) in the broad circle of friends we travelled in. Anyway, he moved away, we fell out of touch, and I haven't heard from him since the late 90s.
Recently, out of nowhere, he emailed me. It said:
by joseph o'neill Blood-dark Track.
hope you get this note. that book is right on the button for you.
sam
And he was right. Highly recommended. A memoir/detective story built around discovering that each of his grandfathers -- one Irish one Turkish -- was imprisoned during WWII, and running down the stories from often reluctant people in the know.. O'Neill was a barrister, is very smart and the book's great. He's also the author of Netherlan, a novel, and also very good.
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