Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'Regan

Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O'ReganFrom an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon which fate turns. Micheal Burns lives alone in his family's bungalow at the end of Kerry Head in Ireland. It is a picturesque place, but the cliffs have a darker side to them: for generations they have been a suicide black spot. Micheal's mother saw the saving of these lost souls these visitors as her

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