The Truth Commissioner
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Henry Stanfield, the newly arrived Truth Commissioner, is troubled by his estrangement from his daughter, and struggling with the consequences of his infidelities. Francis Gilroy, veteran Republican and recently appointed government minister, risks losing what feels tantalisingly close to his grasp. In America, Danny and his partner plan for the arrival of their first child, happily oblivious to what is about to pull him back to Belfast and rupture the life they have started together. Retired detective James Fenton, on his way to an orphanage in Romania with a van full of supplies, will soon be forced to confront what he has come to think of as his betrayal, years before, of a teenage boy.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
It is a beautifully written story of post – Good Friday sides of the political divide while the central storyline is about one of the disappeared, the book focuses more with how the four main characters deal with the consequences of the past action’s than the politics.