Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of an Englishman who tries to start a potato farm in rural Ireland, and is mistaken for a hero by the locals - with bizarre consequences, escalating to accidental death, suicide, and murder.
- ISBN10 0224023225
- ISBN13 9780224023221
- Publish Date 1 January 1900
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 October 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English