PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
A grand, dark, swashbuckling, yet essentially simple tale about a man's lifelong journey from revenge to mercy, hate to love.--Jodi Daynard, Boston Globe A swashbuckling, ribald tale told with flair and, sometimes, unbridled emotion. At the same time it is a serious look at what makes a city more than just bricks and mortar.--Tom Walker, Denver Post A tabloid epic in a folkloric style... Forever is fueled by the cruel dictates of history - corruption, exploitation, murder - but it wholeheartedly celebrates human goodness at every turn.--Troy Patterson, Entertainment Weekly Hugely readable....Forever is old-fashioned storytelling at a gallop.--Washington Post Book World New York grows from a village-with wolves stalking its forests - in a town and eventually a city. Cormac O'Connor plays a role in a slave revolt, the American Revolution, and the great fire of 1835....O'Connor thinks, 'No many people know anything about their own past and New Yorkers are the most amnesiac of all. Forever should change that.--Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today
