Suncatcher Ildefonso Falcones from her childhood in the

from her childhood in the Irish countryside to the love affairs she has confronted since leaving for English shores

he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born

Alan Moore

deception and conspiracy

Suncatcher Ildefonso Falcones from her childhood in the1964. Ceylon is on the brink of change. But Kairo is at a loose end. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hard working mother blows off steam at her cha cha cha classes; his Trotskyite father grumbles over the state of the nation between his secret flutters on horseraces in faraway England. All Kairo wants to do is hide in his room and flick over second