Journal Entry 1 by Cassiopaeia from Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, August 14, 2011

From the back cover
Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however, it proves to be the defining decision of his life when, having witnessed the murder of a fellow RIC policeman, he is wrongly accused of identifying the executioners. With a sentence of death passed over him he is forced to flee Sligo, his friends, family and beloved girl, Viv. What follows is the story of this flight, his subsequent wanderings, and the haunting pull of home that always afflicts him. Tender, witty, troubling and tragic, The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty tells the secret history of a lost man.  

Journal Entry 2 by Cassiopaeia at Cardiff, Wales United Kingdom on Friday, October 21, 2011

It took me a while to become fully immersed in the trials of Eneas McNulty. I found the voice didn't quite flow as I had come to expect of Barry's writing, but having done some research I discovered that this is a much earlier book than any of the others I have read and loved. Ultimately it did envelope me and carried me all the way to it's final page. I like Barry's anti-nationalist stance, giving the other side a voice and a platform but also showing the dire consequences for those who chose not to conform.