That gets things you get for free off to a great start. The outer journey gets much of our attention. Yet for this reader anyway, it's the less interesting exploration, in part because despite various quirks of the tourist experience, the outer journey is more familiar.
Most people play to type on short acquaintance.
And they tend to do so here. The inner story exists at another level altogether. It left me keen to know more. And now you don't''. McGirr's mother, Maureen, shares top billing in both the inner and outer stories.