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Jamie Mangan wanders a world that no longer feels his own: a job as a journalist, a wife who abandons him for a lover, and a life eclipsed by the glossy image of a Hollywood star. In the quiet refuge of his father's house, he stumbles upon a 19th‑century daguerreotype bearing the initials “J.M.”—a portrait that looks eerily like himself and, perhaps, the legendary Irish poet James Clarence Mangan who once dazzled a nation with verse. This discovery forces Jamie to confront the shadow of a dissolute, celebrated ancestor and questions whether his own future is bound to the past. The novel explores the weight of inheritance, the complexities of family legacy, and the fragile line between genius and decline.
First publish date: March 21, 1987
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Brian Moore
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