Would that we knew more of Pat Dumay that he was so loved and desired by all. A rambling family saga encapsulated in a snapshot of their confused lives leading up to the Easter Rebellion, with two dimensional characters difficult to like. The epilogue explains away the peat smoldering questions of their various fates. And what was it all for? The lives given or taken but gone just the same. I think a film of the book might make more of the story with good direction.