The Unfortunate Fursey

The Devil himself has launched a determined offensive on the sanctified precincts of tenth-century Clonmacnoise-and the unfortunate Brother Fursey becomes his unwitting ally. Expelled from the monastery, Fursey is propelled into a wider world of evil and intrigue, where he must come to terms with his new life as an unwitting, ineffectual and persecuted sorcerer. Mervyn Wall has created an irresistable blend of satire, comedy and fantasy. The gentle, self-effacing Fursey is one of the greatest antiheroes of fiction.