It is told without rancor or bitterness. The seven years of celibacy and self-abnegation are not regretted. In his latest memoir Windsor describes his life as a nascent writer hitching through Ireland and seeking out women. His voice is poetic but bloodless. Ireland is his obsession and he persistently seeks his personal history there.
Women approach and then recede.
It was not until the final passages of the book that my frustration with Windsor's restraint was relieved. Suddenly he confronts the reader with an intimate account of tender but bungled lovemaking, and finally he takes us to the heart of his treachery to the women he loves. Obscurity becomes revelation, detachment become intimacy and, as Windsor betrays himself, his words finally achieve both finesse and passion. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.