Patrick Newman, a bank cashier, gives a lift to a young girl and later an enigmatic old man while driving along the east coast of Ireland. From these small incidents grows a national scandal which becomes a nightmare for Newman and eventually threatens his sanity and his life. Frank Delaney has worked as a broadcaster and has also written "James Joyce's Odyssey", "Betjeman Country" and "The Celts".
- ISBN10 0099706709
- ISBN13 9780099706700
- Publish Date 7 June 1990 (first published 4 May 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 June 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Arrow Books (A Division of Random House Group)
- Imprint Arena Arrow
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 240
- Language English