{"product_id":"the-scorching-wind-9781447269083","title":"The Scorching Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's \u003ci\u003eThe King of Friday's Men\u003c\/i\u003e and his own play \u003ci\u003eHome Is the Hero\u003c\/i\u003e. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's \u003ci\u003eThe Quare Fellow\u003c\/i\u003e. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels\u003ci\u003e Seek the Fair Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Silent People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Scorching Wind\u003c\/i\u003e. He passed away in 1967.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with pity and poetry and an impartiality almost unnatural in an Irishman writing of those seven desperate years. * Catholic Herald *\u003cbr\u003eThe long tale of terror and bravery, the arrests, the burnings, the ambushes, the reprisals is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller. * Irish Press *","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769776734551,"sku":"9781447269083","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447269083.jpg?v=1758722573","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scorching-wind-9781447269083","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}