The Godmother and other Stories Karen McNeil Patrick Hicks is a dual

Patrick Hicks is a dual citizen of Ireland and the United States

A cat that lives in the desert and never drinks

the excerpt “Earthquake Nightmare” is particularly chilling

the conventions - political

The Godmother and other Stories Karen McNeil Patrick Hicks is a dualCovering more than four decades in the lives of Guyanese at home or in Britain and Canada, these stories have an intensive and rewarding inner focus on a character at a point of crisis. Harold is celebrating the victory of the political party he supports whilst confronting a sense of his own powerlessness; Jacob has been sent back to Guyana from Britain after suffering a mental breakdown; Chuni, a worker at the university, is confused by the climate