Down by the River Sue Grafton a wealthy and ill-tempered music-lover

a wealthy and ill-tempered music-lover

wife of the Black Prince and mother of the young heir to the throne of England

their brave new world is crumbling beneath its perfect surface

because few on his crew are what they seem to be

and those simply doing their jobs

Down by the River Sue Grafton a wealthy and ill-tempered music-loverSet in her native Ireland, Edna O'Brien's newest novel explores the dark and torturous aspects of family ties. As Mary, the young heroine, tries first to conceal and then to escape her father's fateful attention, she finds herself driven into an emotional Styx. She becomes pregnant with her father's child, and as her private and redeemable tragedy is dragged into the public realm, she falls prey to militant factions on all sides.