Carolans Farewell

Listen as author Charles Foran discusses the history and context behind the writing of Carolan's Farewell in this series of exclusive videos.Based on the life of Terence Carolan, a legendary blind composerand harper who travelled the 18th-century Irish countryside, Carolan sFarewell is gifted writer Charles Foran s most luminousand mischievousnovelyet. It is 1737, and the ailing Carolan, having completed an arduous pilgrimage, is returning home across a famine-ravaged Ireland. By his side is Owen Connor, his faithful companion. Master and servant, they are like Don Quixote and SanchoPanza, friends to the end.

A tender, funny, sad and utterly delightful storywith priceless dialogue on every page, Carolan s Farewell is anote-perfect read."