Thomas
McNulty, aged barely seventeen and having fled the Great Famine in Ireland,
signs up for the U.S. Army in the 1850s. With his brother in arms, John Cole,
Thomas goes on to fight in the Indian Wars—against the Sioux and the Yurok—and,
ultimately, the Civil War. Orphans of
terrible hardships themselves, the men find these days to be vivid and alive,
despite the horrors they see and are complicit in. Moving from Wyoming to Tennessee, this is the
story of two men and the makeshift family they create with a young Sioux girl,
Winona.
The book
previously won the Costa Book of the Year award. I really enjoyed the novel. For my review, see http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/2017/02/review-of-days-without-end-by-sebastian.html.
If you are
interested in the shortlist, go to https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/28/walter-scott-prize-for-historical-fiction-unveils-2017-shortlist.
The Walter
Scott prize, awarded annually since 2010 is given to the best UK, Irish and
Commonwealth novel set at least 60 years ago. The prize, which comes with £25,000, was
founded in memory of Walter Scott, who has been credited with the invention of
the historical novel.
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