Chaladon offers us a great novel, a powerful story, a sublime pen that earned him the Grand Prize of the French Academy, a beloved Ireland to die for his cause, and finally a magnificent central character that combines it all: the love of Irish land, hatred of the occupier who made the switch very quickly in this IRA daily (all these scenes of struggle in the small streets, courtyards, doors opening to help these hands that tend to seize a weapon that has killed and make it disappear, so all these scenes are an absolute power), years of imprisonment and torture, betrayal and finally flying over every page, this unlikely treason, and unthinkable nevertheless occurs ... Yes, a great novel that grabs you, hits you, you touch and you win.
