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News Editor for This Issue: Jonathan M. Moses '88 Night editors: Matthew H. Joseph '88 Steven L. Lichtman '88 Susan B. Glasser '90 Jessica A. Dorman '88 Shari Rudavsky '88 Seth A. Gittell '91 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Benjamin R. Miller '89 Laurie M. Grossman '89 Michael D. Nolan '88 Features Editor: Shari Rudavsky '88 Sports Editor: Geoffrey H. Simon '88 Business Editor: Robert Q. McManus '88 Copy Editor: Liam T. A. Ford...
News Editor for this Issue: Jessica A. Dorman '88 Night Editors: Noam S. Cohen '89 Jessica A. Dorman '88 Steve L. Lichtman '88 Emily Mieras '90 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Shari Rudavsky '88 Geoffrey H. Simon '88 Copy Editor: Seth A. Gitell '91 Editorial Editors: Michael D Nolan '88 Photo Editor: Michelle A. Kosch '90 Features Editor: Anh T. Nguyen-Huynh '90 Sports Editor: Casey J. Lartigue Jr. '89 Business Editor: Robert Q. McManus...
News Editor For This Issue: Shari Rudavksy '88 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Emily M. Bernstein '90 Martha A. Bridegam '89 Brooke A. Masters '89 Emily Mieras '90 Shari Rudavsky '88 Editorial Editor: Michael D. Nolan '88 City/State Editor: Jonathan M. Moses '88 Sports Editor: Jessica A. Dorman '88 Geoff H. Simon '88 Photo Editor: Sandra Coudert '90 Copy Editor Tee Two Business Editor: Willa Berghuis...
...Nolan is the remorseless spirit whose actions unify much of the book's cause and effect. He spans the quarter-century of Flanagan's story, from Clonbrony to the decline and fall of the Irish republican hero Charles Stewart Parnell, who is quoted as saying "A passion for history -- an Irish failing." Real figures from the past interact with fictional characters, making 107 in all, alphabetically listed and identified at the end of the book...
...principals -- Terrorist Nolan, Schoolteacher Hugh MacMahon and Politician Robert Delaney -- are all veterans of Clonbrony who pursue different paths to freedom from British rule. Flanagan follows the twists and turns from Kilpeder and Dublin to London and New York City. His settings, from Ardmor Castle to the local pub, are natural and unforced; the language of his characters hints at hidden poetry without breaking into showy lyricism or stage Irish: "Beyond the streaky window, the land opened out before us -- the wide, green fields of the midlands, the hills of Munster, a flashing glimpse of ruined keep, a manor house...