num_pages: 308
description: Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however, it proves to be the defining decision of his life when, having witnessed the murder of a fellow RIC policeman, he is wrongly accused of identifying the executioners. With a sentence of death passed over him he is forced to flee Sligo, his friends, family and beloved girl, Viv.What follows is the story of this flight, his subsequent wanderings, and the haunting pull of home that always afflicts him. Tender, witty, troubling and tragic, The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty tells the secret history of a lost man.
language: English
title: The Whereabouts Of Eneas McNulty
titlecomplete: The Whereabouts Of Eneas McNulty
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Historical, Politics, Literature, Novels, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2701
series: McNulty Family
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: RSL Encore Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Faber & Faber