![]() And his male children, too." And so, Cormac follows Warren to the American colonies, chasing him through the dirt streets of New York (then little more than a colony of Dutch farmers). ![]() ![]() Before he died, Cormac's father told him, "In our tribe, the murderer must be pursued to the ends of the earth. Cormac adopts his real name after his parents are killed by the earl and he vows to seek revenge. He's called Robert Carson because his family has tried to keep its Celtic beliefs hidden from Protestant persecutors roaming the land - embodied in the cruel character of the Earl of Warren. We first meet Cormac O'Connor as a five-year-old living in 18th-century Ireland. ![]() The novel is essentially a time-travel fantasy where instead of going back in time, the central character comes forward, living each day of American history from pre-Revolutionary War to September 11. Emphasis on the smothering part.įorever is ambitious - and frequently unsuccessful - as it tries to chart a huge chunk of Gotham history in 600 tedious pages. In his latest novel, Forever, Hamill takes that love and understanding and wraps NYC in a big, smothery embrace. Cut his veins, he probably bleeds apple juice. ![]() As editor of both the New York Post and the New York Daily News and frequent contributor to the New York Times and The New Yorker, there's little doubt his passion for and knowledge of the city and its people runs deep. ![]()
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