Well, this has officially been the most mismanaged literary deathmarch of the 21st century. In fact, I don’t mean to brag, but I recently received a notarized letter letting me know that this is the most mismanged literary deathermarch of the 21st century. Which doesn’t happen every day. Is all I’m saying.
\nClearly: it’s high time we bring it all home. Let’s wrap this puppy up by next Tuesday. Them what have already finished, legion that you are, feel free to begin end-game banter on this thread, using a little gentle-loving kindness toward those of us who still have the one-last-push to go with regard to your revelation of unexpected zigs or zags.
\nAs for me, I finally caught up but yes, the very day I caught up, OK, I lost my copy. So clearly some powerful cosmic force doesn’t want me to finish this book. And I respect that. But I’m pretty sure I won’t be beat.
\nI continue to enjoy the book, which veers from wildly entertaining to fairly entertaining to slightly tedious and then back to wildly entertaining. As much fun as I’m having, it’s easy to imagine it all ending in an unsatisying way, as some has already suggested. One thing I’m starting to wonder is, how much am I missing by not being a scholar of classic Irish lit and myths? I suspect tons.
\nFor example, I happened to pick up a Seamus Heaney collection this weekend and came across an aside about Heaney’s Sweeney Astray<\/i> “a translation of the medieval Irish work Buile Suibhne,<\/i> which tells of the penitential life led by Sweeney after he was cursed and turned into a wild flying creature by St Ronan at the Battle of Moira.” Which, ya know, sounds a little familiar. Is all I’m saying.
\nNext week<\/b>: See ya back here for the grand finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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