Fighting with Shadows Thrillers “A celebration of the power

“A celebration of the power of narrative

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Fighting with Shadows Thrillers “A celebration of the power"Healy understood how the human mind ebbs and flows."Irish Times Initially published in 1984, Dermot Healy's stunning first novel, Fighting with Shadows, returns to print after almost thirty years. Largely set in the border village of Fanacross, Co. Fermanagh, as Ireland stumbles clumsily toward modernity, the Allen family negotiate a bitter and troubled terrain. Fighting with Shadows offers extraordinary and poetic glimpses of the compelling lives of