'Captivating'' Cressida McLaughlin
best known as a novelist and short story writer and one of Ireland's leading living writers
Praise for To Sleep in a Sea of Stars:
'Expertly plotted and compellingly told - a cautionary tale that will put you off ever having anyone to stay with you again
the stage is set for the greatest war in the ancient world
England, England Brian Thompson 'Captivating'' Cressida McLaughlinAs every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of Wight. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Big Ben to Stonehenge, from Manchester United to the white cliffs of Dover. The project is monstrous, risky, and vastly successful. In fact, it gradually begins to rival 'Old'